During the search and rescue operation undertaken soon after the crash, Bryant's body was found lying on one side of the wreckage while Gianna's was in a ravine on the opposite side. 'Broken bones, dismembered body parts, and residue of fuel on the clothes was found,' stated the publication. The Sun reported that the reports revealed the impact of the crash upon those who were in the helicopter. 2 worn by Gianna.In the autopsy report of Bryant, who was identified by the doctors by his fingerprints, Juan Carrillo, senior deputy medical examiner, wrote: 'These injuries are rapidly if not instantly fatal.' The report added that methylphenidate, a drug used to treat narcolepsy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, was found in Bryant's system. 24 at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, with 20,000 in attendance at the arena where Bryant spent most of his two-decade career with the Lakers.

A ceremony is scheduled for late August though it may be delayed until at least October because of the coronavirus pandemic.īryant and his daughter were honored at a star-studded public memorial Feb. He was selected last month for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Alyssa and Payton were Gianna’s teammates.īryant is the only NBA player to have his team retire two numbers in his honor. The others killed were Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli, his wife, Keri, and their daughter Alyssa Christina Mauser, who helped Bryant coach his daughter’s basketball team and Sarah Chester and her daughter Payton. Both California’s senators have called for the FAA to mandate the devices in the wake of the tragedy. While the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended the system be mandatory for helicopters, the Federal Aviation Administration only requires it for air ambulances. The aircraft did not have a device called the Terrain Awareness and Warning System, which signals when an aircraft is in danger of hitting ground. The crash that killed the 41-year-old retired Los Angeles Lakers star, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna - clad in the jersey she would have worn to play that morning, with the word “Mamba” on the front and her last name on the back - pilot Ara Zobayan and the others is considered accidental. “These injuries are rapidly if not instantly fatal,” wrote Juan Carrillo, senior deputy medical examiner, in Bryant’s report. The report made it clear: Bryant and the passengers almost certainly were dead in an instant due to blunt trauma. One of the most popular sports figures in Los Angeles and a celebrity around the globe, Bryant was broken beyond recognition when his body was found outside the wreckage of the chopper, His remains had to be identified by his fingerprints. The reports by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office provide a clinical but unvarnished look at the brutality of the crash. LOS ANGELES (AP) - The pilot flying Kobe Bryant and seven others to a youth basketball tournament did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, and all nine sustained immediately fatal injuries when their helicopter slammed into a hillside outside Los Angeles in January, according to autopsies released Friday.

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