It's also a really dumb point. Famous people impact the lives of everyone who experiences their work. Naturally people are going to care more when someone who has been a part of their life dies. It's not any more tragic, just has a wider impact radius.
A tour chopper went down outside of Lihue in late december, all lives lost. Think there were something like 5 accidents from the same company in 2019, with 18 over the last 5 years from all the carriers. Don’t remember any of those receiving much attention from the national media.
I mean there are tons of youtube videos devoted to tv people getting their tongues tied in embarrassing ways. Its pretty standard human being stuff. I see the point you are trying to make but that is probably the least clarifying analogy I have ever seen.
Damn. I know he'd used the helicopter for a long time but don't most all pilots say helicopters are extremely dangerous to begin with? Sorry if this was already discussed.
yup. by the end of the week this will be another senseless tragedy with numerous warning signs that if heeded would have prevented the entire thing. so sad.
Remembering Gigi Bryant (2006-2020) By Molly Knight Jan 26, 2020 106 Gianna Bryant died on Sunday morning when the helicopter she was riding in crashed into a hillside in Calabasas, Calif., a city 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles. She was 13. Bryant, known as “Gigi,” was the second of four children born to NBA basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa, a former model. Her father died alongside her in the crash, which claimed the lives of seven other victims including the pilot, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva. There were no survivors. Gianna Maria-Onore “Gigi” Bryant was born on May 1, 2006. As a young child, Gigi became a fixture at Lakers basketball games alongside her older sister, Natalia, 17, and her mother. (The Bryants later had two additional daughters after Kobe retired from basketball: Bianka, 3, and Capri, 7 months.) As Gigi grew into a young teenager, her love for basketball transcended watching her dad. She began playing competitive ball year-round, with her father helping to coach her team. During an interview on Jimmy Kimmel’s television show recently, Kobe said of Gigi that she “for sure” wanted to play in the WNBA someday. “The best thing that happens is when we go out and she’ll be standing next to me and fans will come up to me like ‘Hey, you gotta have a boy, you and (Vanessa) gotta have a boy — somebody to carry on the legacy and the tradition’ and (Gigi) will be like ‘Oy, I got this. We don’t need a boy for that. I got this!'” Kobe told the Showtime Basketball podcast “All the Smoke” that after he retired he had stopped watching basketball. But it was Gigi’s love for the game that got him watching again. Gigi’s favorite players were Trae Young, Luka Doncic, James Harden, Russell Westbrook and LeBron James. By all accounts, she was developing into a fine basketball player in her own right. When Gigi and her dad flew to Atlanta to watch Young play, Young joked that he was just as excited to meet Gigi as she was to meet him because he had been watching her highlight reels. A few hours after Gigi’s death, Young tweeted: When Gigi was 12 years old, Reggie Miller tried to convince her dad to send her to UCLA, Miller’s alma mater. But Kobe said that Gigi’s heart was set on playing basketball at UConn. Gigi did visit UConn to watch her beloved Huskies play last March during their Senior Day. Gigi’s social media presence was sparse (she was only 13 after all), but she was a frequent subject on her famous father’s Instagram. There’s Gigi standing proudly in a jean jacket next to her friend, with perhaps her first cell phone jutting out of her pocket. And there’s Gigi in high heels standing under a basketball hoop looking up at it. The ball is dropping through the net toward her outstretched right hand as her raven hair flies in the wind behind her. And there’s Gigi in a blue-and-gold uniform dribbling the ball down the court before sinking an impossible fadeaway baseline jumper over the outstretched hands of three opponents. Also, Gigi last Halloween dressed as the Tin Man in her family’s Wizard of Oz themed night. Gigi jumping for joy with her teammates after beating a rival. Gigi in Mickey Mouse ears on her dad’s lap at a Pop-Up Disney event. Gigi woke up Sunday morning to go play basketball, like any other day. She had her whole life ahead of her, and she does not deserve to be remembered for the way she died. She was just a kid who loved her family, her friends and playing and watching basketball. On the morning of the crash, it is believed she and her father and the other passengers were headed to a basketball tournament at Mamba Sports Academy in Newbury Park, where Gigi was expected to play on Sunday. All of the games there were canceled. Gigi died en route to doing what she loved, but that does not make the loss of a child any easier. She was poised to write her own story as a tremendous athlete and fierce competitor. That story ended way too soon on Sunday.
She was dancing on his grave. She wasn’t grieving she wasn’t mourning. She was telling me and millions how to mourn. She was telling us that he wasn’t worth our tears. I’ll withhold my thoughts on her. Kobe was accused of something 15 years ago. She had plenty of time to bring it up. She could have done it when he was celebrated after he won his Oscar, when he retired. To do it right after he died with his babygirl was shitty. I assume she did this stuff too when BK was nominated and confirmed to the scotus or trump was elected? I don’t know what happened in Colorado and if more women had come out I’d probably feel differently.
i think most everyone agrees it was tone deaf, and the tweets have been deleted. wanting someone fired over tone deaf tweets is the definition of cancel culture. especially some random reports at the washington post who no one had heard of before yesterday who is all likelihood is living paycheck the payheck. save the calls for firing people to sports coaches who get massive buyouts when they're fired.
I went to this restaurant probably two years ago and sat at the table with the caricature of Harvey Weinstein. I lost my appetite!
I'm still depressed by this shit. I wasn't even a big Kobe fan some might even call me a hater of his. I think thats whats kind of hitting me on a deeper level is to just not take things for granted whether it's simple act of appreciating a transcendental athlete during his time or the company of those you love because life is way too short to be bogged down by the bullshit and negativity.
Same. I didn't even like Kobe at all. Just a reminder that tragedy can strike at any time and your family can be taken from you in an instant.
it also sucks because he was on his way to one of his kids basketball games. he wasn't drunk and on coke on a speed boat at midnight.
Same here. I truly can’t fathom what his wife and 3 other kids are going through (and the families of the other victims).
Same. I was always Team Shaq in their fued but I respected how good he was. He was the best player I ever saw in person and closest I've seen to Jordan on the court. It's just a reminder it can get taken away from you at any moment and a lot of things we worry about dont really matter in the grand scheme of things.
Its now been just over 24 hours since the news, and when I read a new article about it, its like DAMN Kobe really died. Still cant comprehend it.
Wasn’t a fan of her tweet last night considering the circumstances. I’m also certainly not a fan of her ever being disciplined for discussing what she went through. Weird guidelines from WaPo.
I can’t remember feeling this sad over a guy I’ve never met and don’t know at all. Just such a strange feeling to be this affected by a death of a world famous athlete. I am a guy in my early 30’s who watched him just dominate and I have a young daughter...just hits you right in the feels.
Uconn had uconn jersey number 2 for gigi for their game tongiht with flowers in a chair on the bench.. that got me good this evening..
That sportscenter anchor that told the story of when she met him when she was 8 months pregnant with a daughter...that story got a bit dusty too.
I know he’s dead, but when I see his picture and they show UConn putting a 2 jersey courtside and show a highlight or interview clip from him recently, I don’t reflexively BELIEVE he’s dead. I would have never guessed his early death would have affected me as much as it is. It is deeply sad and moving in a way I’ve never experienced with someone I don’t know. I think his daughter takes it from sad to heartbreaking, and it really does break my heart.