Bruh my friends sent it to me and I told them don’t believe shit on google and for the first 15 mins I was saying it’s all a lie just like all the celebrities death hoax but then I saw ESPN report and I had 20 mins of silence and I didn’t do anything hurt me like a bitch
@chuck aule yes me too, I was curling my hair for a photoshoot and my brother came in my room telling me the news and I didn’t believe it cuz we just started the year so I thought it was a joke until I went on google to confirm and found out not only him but everyone on board died including his daughter, the whole day I was numb. I had to turn off my phone cuz ppl were texting me
There was alot of fake death news goin around one time i heard celene dion and the rock died n it was fake so i shrugged it off as a fake alarm but then i saw official news pages showing it smh
@@KimiJadoreI remember exactly where I was. I was sitting at the dinner table eating some chicken and rice, and then my stepdad comes into the room and tells us that kobe died. I said, who? Then he said kobe, kobe bryant. Then I was like nah. What do you mean. You mean kobe? It just didn't process for me that he would die. It just didn't make sense in my brain. Then I looked it up on my phone and saw on TMZ that he died from a helicopter crash about 45 minutes earlier. I couldn't believe it at all
I was on break when I checked my phone and saw the TMZ post. Everyone was saying it was fake and I began to feel some relief but then more sources said the same thing and my heart was crushed. RIP Black Mamba. One of the most iconic players EVER.
Facts I remember that when the first tmz post happened everyone posted it saying it’s fake then the story got updated… it’s crazy man I remember waking up the consecutive days like “damn Kobe really is dead”
But the thing is TMZ don't miss on celebrity news. I remember how they were kind of irrelevant many years ago until they dropped that news about Michael Jackson being brought to the ER and dying.
I remember hearing about Kobe’s death. I live in Australia so we were at a resort celebrating Australia Day and this was during the fires so we were celebrating the bravery of our fire fighters as well. We got really drunk that night and crashed out. The next day, I pop on to my phone and the news is everywhere. Not only did that ruin what was a great weekend but it set all of us up for one of the roughest and darkest years of bad luck
I still remember the exact moment I learnt of his passing. I was working and a customer or co-worker mentioned it. Quickly the news spread around the store and everyone began talking about it. It felt so surreal at the time. Just goes to show that life is too damn unexpected. Rest in paradise to all of those who passed
I was buying groceries and then the dude bagging them was like “you know who Kobe is right? He just died” I said man stop playing and went on with my buisness but right when I got to my car I had to look it up. Couldn’t believe it. One of the greats. Gone in an instant. RIP
the exact same thing happened to me while i was working inside the grocery store !! i was shocked it .. started spreading around like crazy because it was such a busy day.. everyone in complete shock 😔ready in peace ❤️
I was at a nursing home with my grandma (she’s out of the home now she just broke her hip) and I was buying some lunch and the man behind the counter was like you know Kobe Bryant? He just died. I didn’t know what to say I’ll never forget that
I remember i was at the gym with my friend on a dark and cold winter evening, felt like we were one of the first to find out, we just watched the news spread like a wave or an echo in there, just more people lookin shocked while on their phones and talking to others, it was a weird and grim feeling. The feeling got much worse when we heard about his daughter. RIP to everyone on board.
This is almost exactly how I reacted too. Couldn’t believe it at first. Didn’t want to accept it. Then just held my head. RIP Kobe. Life hasn’t been the same since.
I was at the mall and I saw the news, I was like “nah it can’t be true”. Everybody in the mall were in their phones looking at their phones simultaneously
@@blakespooner4650 don’t wanna be that person but mj’s death was way more impactful his death made the internet crash & everyone was mourning his death the world died when he did.. :(( May Michael, Kobe & Gigi rest in peace😢
I’m not a fan of nba so I never knew much about Kobe, I just knew he was an nba player but damn when I heard him and his daughter died, I never thought it would hit me like I was a fan of him.
I feel the same. I was shooked when I heard the news. I don't even watch NBA or even a fan of him. All I know is that he's like a friend to everyone. Not only I felt bad about him, including his daughter and the passengers too... the girl never lived a long life and the other people never made it either... damn, 2020 is terrible af.
I always was a big michael jordan fan even though i live in Europe and my main sport / the sport that i love the most is football. I grew into all that nba stuff a lot of years ago because of sneaker (i collect) and friends of mine that used to play. So i started to play basketball 2 but never got really good at it. I still watch some games when i can because here in Germany the games are at 4 am. I remember how one of my best friends gave me a Kobe bryant poster/picture (mamba out scene) because he knew that kobe was beside mj my 2nd fav player. When I heard about that news i literally started crying. I couldnt even believe it. I was hoping a few days that it would turn out to be fake news but sadly it didnt :( The following days were also hard. You could literally feel how everyone at the court was sad. The fact that his daughter gigi died 2 just made it even worse A big loss for the sports and world in general a. Kobe, one of sports greats, a humble guy. Kobe Bryant STILL is an idol for every young man out there trying to accomplish something in life. Thats mamba mentality. Work hard and life will deliver
This shit just gave me the chills. I remember when I first heard the news too that one morning. I cried for a week. I couldn’t believe it I didn’t want to believe it.. it took awhile to get over it. Never met the man, but growing up in LA it felt like he was a part of my life..getting teary just thinking about it and all those memorable games. RIP Kobe
Lou my mom said that somebody told the driver (idek whoever was flying the heli) that it wasn’t the right time to fly it because of the weather but he didn’t listen
@@lou.104 Very easily. There are three plane crashes a day globally, most are nonfatal and happen during takeoff, but every now and again someone dies.
I thought that shit was fake when I first heard about it. There's been times I would see a post on Facebook or ig about a celebrity death then found out it was fake after googling it. After seeing this on ig I went straight to Google and found out it was real, I literally felt like I lost a family member that day.
Yeah yo I’ve seen one about will smith falling off a cliff hiking, and one about Em in a car accident or something like that. That’s exactly what I thought at first, just some bs post being copied and sent around Twitter.
Bro I was watching the pro bowl and one of the commentators said a laker legend died but he didn’t say who until like halftime I thought it was jerry west or someone almost had a heart attack when I found out it was kobe😪
Literally got told by a girl at work when it first happened and was like how do you know? And she said Facebook. I instantly looked at her and was like gtfoh and laughed cause she believed something like that from Facebook. I was just casually on Twitter about 5 min later and slowly started seeing the tweets and my heart dropped to my stomach
This event was like the catalyst for some of the worst years of my life. The shock of knowing that someone my baby brothers age and her parent died the way they did is still so heart breaking. Rest in Power, Gianna and Kobe.
I feel bad for the girl who lost her father and sister on the same day. I lost my brother to suicide and it still hurts to this day. I can't imagine losing my dad too.
I ain't even a basketball fan but this was big. Kobe was one of those guys where you just never thought it would be them, where you thought they'd be around forever. Never met the guy nor did I care for him but I will admit I teared up hearing this almost as much as I did when Steve Irwin died.
This gonna sound weird but I swear I cried when Dale Earnhardt died , I don’t even watch NASCAR , but I love sports in general, and the Daytona like Nascars super bowl , so I happened to be watching it , and idk what it was , I’m guessing it was cause I watched the crash happen on TV in real time , if anything I liked Jeff Gordon , so Earnfart was like his rival back then , so I always went against him , but when he died I was legitimately broken up about it. One of those rivals you hate , but respect. I’m a Packer fan too, so it’s the same with Randy Moss , T.O. , Warren Sapp, Brady this season , Cowboys in the Early 90’s , you trash them all day long , but when they gone or retired , you appreciate that greatness they always brought. Kobe hurt more than anything though. Kobe was never a nemesis, Kobe was the idol. After Jordan retired , I quit watching NBA altogether, only basketball I watched was College , Conference Tournys and March Madness , then #8 Kobe came and it was like Jordan rebirth, always told everyone , I wasn’t a Laker fan , but I was a Kobe fan. One of the best ever , and it hurt more than any celebrity death. And the sickening part was how the NBA never gave him his roses when he was playing or still alive , constantly downplaying his greatness , “doesn’t pass” , “wouldn’t win without Shaq” , “Sexual Assault” , etc, the Media always hated on Kobe , same way they did Iverson , yet only now , when they were able to see the magnitude of his greatness by how many people were disturbed by the news of his death, only then did they realize how special he was. And I would compare that to be similar to how I felt about Earnhardt , not realizing I only hated him because of how great he was , and the constant threat he always presented.
kobe gave me paul walker vibes, when paul walker died all i said was " a pedophile is really being praised because of his movies rather than his real persona??? really????? how fuckin brain dead can people be looool " what happened to kobe was straight up karma.
"The world"... So in some obscure corner of the Amazon jungles, there was one tribal member approach another to announce the sad news? In the deserts of Arabia, a Bedouin chieftain in his tent gathers the whole family to tell them the bad news... in the wilderness of the Kalahari, the Bushman calls off the annual Antelope hunt...for an official 3 day mourning period.
Man this man is my favirote nba player ever i was born in 2000 and me and kobe has the same birthday so for my golden birthday i went to i spent my time in LA with a kobe jersey on for the whole day i never met him but it feel like i did, rest up mamba you will never be forgotten
Yea I was out lunch with my family my brother told me but I didn’t believe him so I had to search it up and this was my reaction but a few hours after we hear the first COVID case was here in the city that I live so bad news 2 in 1
@@alancarrot4076 I had just came from church when my sister called me and told me that he died. I thought it’s was fake news then I checked twitter and it was all over.
Who still gets emotional everytime they think about Kobe and how much joy he brought into our lives a Man we felt we all knew personally love you KOBE!
I know that feeling of disbelief man. When I found out the news at the end of my hospital shift, I was screaming expletives in the elevator non stop and spent the rest of the day locked in my room watching Kobe videos.
And the world has never been the same since. Ill always remember that day. Where i was, what i was doing. Never been so affected by the death of someone i had never met. And theres millions of others the feel the same way. RIP Kobe.
I remember when he died someone got onto the intercom at work and said “Rest In Peace to the legend Kobe Bryant “ and it sent such a chill into my body I was still for a minute
Man , I was crying all day at work. It's weird that all those who knows something about the universe or how it works or something dies. I can't explain what I am saying. E.g. Bruce Lee and Kobe Bryant. Both these guys knew something that other humans didn't.
I’m not really a basketball fan but I can appreciate what an icon and role model Kobe was for a lot of people and these videos always get me because obviously everyone has their time but to see someone who was so looked up to and had so much life left to live get taken so young is heartbreaking
I instantly started crying when I saw the news all over Twitter then I went to tmz. I remember going to subway and even people in line were talking to each other about it, random strangers coming together to mourn. That day was so eerie it felt exactly the same when Tupac died. Just this weird void that was created in everyone’s soul
Right same here... I was initially at a gas station when I heard someone say it. But ofc I didn’t believe it at first cuz we live in a world where anything can be photoshopped or made up. So I went to grandma house Nd then my friend texted me saying that Kobe died in a helicopter crash and then I jus looked it up for my self Nd saw it. One of the most shocking things I’ve ever seen.
I woke up and literally the first thing I saw before I could even put together where I was, was "Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash" I got up and spent 5 hours thinking it was some bullshit insta post,my lil bro came home from practice crying and everything since that incident has been downhill
Same shit. I can remember the exact time I woke up, 10:42 am. I got a notification from the Newsbreak app. My whole body got hot, I was hoping I read it wrong. I went on IG, and didn’t see anything on my timeline so I was like ok it ain’t real. Then I went to TMZ’s page. My heart dropped when they confirmed it.
I was out eating with some family friends and my friend sent me the text..I thought he was playing so I just said it’s a fake post..then I saw it on the TV at the restaurant..almost broke down in tears
@@justiny.burner5448 I was in my room on ft wit a little fefe, and my friend constantly kept calling me and I finally answer and he said Kobe died, and I said who Kobe and I denied it for the past 30 mins. After it sunken in I watched Kobe games for the rest of the day 💜💛
Once saw Kobe at 6am just me and him walking on the UCLA campus super early in the morning. We looked at each other and nodded and kept walking. I always regret not saying hello and shaking his hand but didn't want to bother him. I was actually In Kobe Japan when I heard of his passing, it was surreal.
My friend called me and I just kept saying Kobe who? Bryant? Kobe Bryant? Like my brain had to say it over and over to even register wtf he told me. Will never forget that day
The fact he had to check to see if it was actually real, it seemed so unreal to everyone, I didn’t watch basketball much, but when I heard about his death, it made me sad for him, not for his fans, but for HIM and his daughter
I was playing Mortal Kombat 11 against someone that made their variation name "R.I.P. KOBE BRYANT" ..that's how I found out. I literally couldn't even focus to play anymore 😪
I remember being at Ross. And finding out Kobe had died. And I was just in shock and till this day it still shocks me that happened. Everyone remembers where they were that day.
Bro I just cried for like 2 weeks straight. His death hit me hard , he was my idol since I was 12 and now I’m 20 . Rip Kobe u still and always will be my hero ❤️👑
Man I remember exactly where I was when I heard this news and I can’t even begin to describe the overwhelming sadness and shock that came over me and all of us. The world froze, like it was nothing any of us could’ve even imagined happening. People like Kobe you can never imagine something some tragic and unpredictable happening to them. He didn’t get to complete so many tasks he wanted to, he didn’t get to see Giana make it to the wnba and become a legend like her father, he didn’t get to see his baby girls grow up. The world hasn’t been the same without them now here we are 4 years later still living in Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s memory. Rest in peace Mamba & Mambacita 💛💜
I was at work when I found out. Kobe being my favorite basketball player, growing up watching em and wanting to be him as a kid. (We even had a minor league basketball lakers team here in my city I played for). The news was so heartbreaking I had to walk off the line at work and shed some tears as it felt like a close relative who passed. No kids , but I named my first owned dog Kobe and a daughter of his litter name Gigi in honor. Rip black mamba and Gigi and the rest of the passengers who lost their lives on the helicopter😢
Imagine if we lived in a time when people respected all religions and (or at the very least) their people, regardless of if they think that religion is bs or not.
I wasn’t even a big Kobe fan but I had been watching him my whole life and always knew he was a goat. I’m from Texas so I was a huge spurs fan, and he was always the enemy bc of how damn good he was! Lol. Lakers/Spurs rivalry was deep for years. But When I found out about his death, it srsly felt like the world stopped. Someone like me who wasn’t even a huge fan felt the impact of his death bc of how important he was to the game of basketball. Made me incredibly sad and emotional and couldn’t imagine how huge lakers fans and Kobe fans felt when I myself was distraught about it. So sad to see such a legend of a man leave this earth too soon. Rip Kobe
I was celebrating my grandpas wedding anniversary with the rest of my family when I saw a notification on my phone saying he died. Told them but they weren’t listening. Took them a few minutes to realize.
I was never a big Kobe fan but his sudden death was just shocking. I think it just reaffirmed to all of us how death or tragedy can happen to anyone, anytime no matter how famous or rich you are. Something that happens on a daily basis sadly. No one is untouchable to horror and tragedy.
I remember when I just finished work and that was my exact reaction, I’m from the UK. Kobe was one of the reasons why i started watching basketball. To this day it still hurts to know he gone, I’m glad the lakers won it because that was definitely for Kobe and His daughter. RIP 🙏🏻💜💛
When I found out he died, I didn't think it was real at all because I saw it from a meme account, but then the post under the one I saw on the meme account showed the TMZ tweet and then my heart dropped
I was in the gym in la when it came on all the TVs breaking news. Gym was packed and everyone stopped working out just staring at the TVs all at once. A 9/11 type moment..
@Sal123 Huss You’re right. Kobe was a human. A great, talented human. So of course everyone’s gonna have human reactions to someone dying. Especially someone who made a big impact on the world.
Todavia recuerdo ese 26 de enero de 2020 como si hubiera sido ayer. Estaba Tomando un helado de vacaciones y revisando mis redes todo el mundo compartiendo que habia fallecido... Se me pone la piel de gallina cada vez que recuerdo ese momento, me puse muy triste... 😔😔😔🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 RIP LEYEND❤️
You always remember where you were and what you were doing when you hear awful news. We all heard it that day. Minutes to hours apart but the tragedy felt as a whole.
Got chills 1 year later. Never watched a game of basketball in my life. Still knew how much kobe meant to the world. Wow man, this just shows u how talented the man actually was. May his soul rest in peace amen💙🙏🏿
I remember I was at Disneyland and my boyfriend texted me that he died and I didn’t believe him because he jokes around a lot. So I googled it and I couldn’t believe it! I remember walking around and all I could hear is people talking about his death. So so sad ☹️
