Artist erects Kobe Bryant statue at helicopter crash site

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[@mikeortiz6008]

I can't believe it's been 2 years already! I'm a Celtic fan but always respected the player Kobe was! I'm sure his daughter had that same fire and intensity her Dad had. God bless their family who miss them terribly.

[@huhwhatomg]

4 years now

[@montanasnowman3138]

It's crazy only 2 people matter out of 9 because of celebrity

[@rantlyy]

My exact first thoughts

[@sandrahak6454]

True😢😢😢

[@LobsterRoc]

What about the others?

[@veryrareflicks]

All the names of the victims are on the stone where Kobe and Gigi are standing.

[@broadwayfan4ever]

This is a nice idea but I fell that something should also be placed for the others that didn't make it as well

[@84CMarx]

I was rockin a kobe shirt at the gym today, getting that motivation! R.I.P the legend

[@milesmayhem5440]

Thank you for your service.

[@84CMarx]

If he did it or not, there is always another day to make better choices. I think Kobe was on that path, and helped people out. You wanna hate on him so be it. No one is perfect

[@johndon2536]

@@milesmayhem5440what service lol y’all clowns 🤡

[@kennethbaker4447]

🙏❤️🏀Medina, a wonderful, compassionate human for creating this wonderful Memorial of Kobe Bryant & Gigi and those life's gone in Calabasas. Patty Sue Chandler-Lindquist age 63 held and forced homeless in MARYLAND for 10 yrs.

[@luckap79]

Rip kobe and Gigi and the rest of the ppl who died

[@maddogsenglishmen8020]

Fan boy

[@WideHarryCock]

@@maddogsenglishmen8020 you just sound like you hate Kobe your on everyone of these statue videos hating lmfao

[@maddogsenglishmen8020]

@@WideHarryCock fan boy

[@WideHarryCock]

@@maddogsenglishmen8020 exactly lmfao

[@Maplelust]

what about the other victims? at least write their names on the statute.

[@bama2728]

Thats cool, but what about the other people who died in the crash! Kobe and his daughter aren't any better then any of them!

[@milesmayhem5440]

Financially they were better than them.

[@I_Shit_on_your_shit_point]

@@milesmayhem5440 so based on that logic you wouldnt even get a tiny paragraph in the pennysaver obituary section.

[@tgreco6501]

Kobe is the second best basketball player of all time. He had admirers all over the world. He was kind of a big deal. So yes him and his daughter are more important to a lot more people. Get over it.

[@WideHarryCock]

“Those other people” you don’t even know them that’s why they don’t get a statue…normal people don’t get statues when they die lmfao

[@I_Shit_on_your_shit_point]

@@tgreco6501 second best of all time? lol your credibility just plummeted to near zero. anyone not practicing intellectual dishonesty here?

[@yooDRIP]

if so, there better be a plaque/statue for everyone else who was onboard as well. ✊🏾🙏🏾

[@timfowler7107]

You have to realize if Kobi wasn't on the flight this story would have never made the national news. That being said the others people on board was not well known so there's no reason to make a statue for them .. if that's the case then make a statue for everyone in history that's ever had a plane crash.

[@tgreco6501]

No because they weren't as important as Kobe or Gigi.

[@timfowler7107]

@@tgreco6501 exactly!!!!

[@bluecollargains]

Did those ppl ever drop 81 points in an nba game?

[@timfowler7107]

@@bluecollargains nope

[@andyholiman9577]

What about the others who died too? Where’s their statue?

[@haylabox1662]

exactly

[@WideHarryCock]

You don’t get a statue when your an average Joe…it’s like saying where’s the statue of the 2,996 victims in 9/11…no such thing

[@Maplelust]

@@WideHarryCock have you ever been to the 9-11 site? guessing not? because there's tons of memorials for all the victims. a whole building across the street dedicated to them.

[@Maplelust]

@@WideHarryCock plus their names are all written out.

[@socio-economicnewsnetwork4740]

What about the other victims

[@robloxvids2233]

Could they DUNK? I don't think so.

[@robloxvids2233]

Could they DUNK? I don't think so.

[@Maplelust]

they should at least write their names somewhere.

[@jsm5999]

Only man could do something so tacky! Other people died at that site too. Imagine how their families must feel. Thank goodness our Father in heaven doesn’t care about your fame, celebrity, success or wealth. All that matters was did you accept Jesus for your eternal salvation. In His presence we are all the same! Amen for that!!!

[@JAPARICAN50-50]

And that is the reason why 85 percent of man won't make it to heaven

[@luvinlife2887]

I like it! Let’s Go! 🥰 Kobe & Gigi 🥰

[@lulty3065]

Long live Kobe 💜💜💛

[@alextzangarchitects3805]

respect!

[@jeanpaulconfesor2504]

For gigi and kobe only? I hope they should put also atleast a picture of the other victims also.

[@Benyikoko]

RIP Kobe ♥️♥️♥️

[@glenndagar7512]

Missyou Kobe 😢😓😭

[@MaQuGo119]

Rip Kobe and his daughter, the other peopel too.

[@hbccaz5303]

Why do people want to memorialize the place where someone got killed??? So weird

[@Tampa81333]

what about the other people? this is very disrespectful.

[@I_Shit_on_your_shit_point]

agreed. our society is based on scumbag mentality.

[@themfoosdidit]

got my first tattoo exactly 2 years ago .. dam rip kobe

[@candacereid6652]

May they souls rip

[@WO2411]

I really live and try to believe this man isn’t gone 💔 will never sit right with me he left like that

[@alowery001]

Creepy.....his wife should be more concerned about their souls and not a statue.

[@vernlapoint1528]

Is this private land or public land

[@whatever272]

State owned

[@vernlapoint1528]

@@whatever272 thanks I was just curious

[@Shawn199816]

They should add a plaque there

[@charliewill4879]

There us a close-up look on twitter, it did not look like Kobe.

[@JAPARICAN50-50]

And where's the rest of the people that also died on that crash site??

[@losangelesmade4153]

Their names are written on that box under them.

[@I_Shit_on_your_shit_point]

@@losangelesmade4153 so marginalized. pretty cool

[@WideHarryCock]

@@I_Shit_on_your_shit_point I mean yeah…why would they get a statue? Kobe is globally known you don’t even know the names of the other victims without looking them up

[@I_Shit_on_your_shit_point]

@@WideHarryCock the good news is statues get torn down once the scumbags adopt a new philosophy

[@userokg751]

So he gets all the recognition along with his daughter but the rest of them that died in the helicopter crash get no mention go figure

[@btskzsvtxtrbpen2692]

There's name written there somewhere

[@WideHarryCock]

Why would a normal person get a statue? You just sound dull

[@aldaruler8537]

I hope they make it a beautiful garden , with a life size statue! Kobe & GiGi 🙏🏽

[@ThePontiac98]

What about the 7 others that died that day?

[@candacereid6652]

Thats nice

[@milesmayhem5440]

A new place to dump trash and cover with graffiti.

[@lieferic9]

Remember the bad basketball players want to be remembered too.

[@Alvan81]

I'm sure artist means well, but at least give some mention of the Non-Celebrities who also lost their lives.

[@maniacaljedi2848]

We’ll see here’s the thing, the statue has a plaque mentioning the other victims names which is all it should be. What this artist did is kinda gross considering the message is that Kobe and his daughter are far more important than the other victims who had their lives tragically cut short! Not to mention he idolizes and immortalized a rapist... and before you get high and mighty on me someone who isn’t guilty does not pay the victims millions of dollars to keep quiet and then subsequently by his wife a ring worth 85k as an apology!

[@JAPARICAN50-50]

@@maniacaljedi2848 it seems like his millions or his lawyer's couldn't settle with death on this one tho

[@JB-zn1kx]

Nope... Idolizing false Gods. Besides.. it's 4 feet tall.

[@wanitaguzman5292]

What about the other victims??? They're not statue worthy??? Wowwww....

[@PrinceChaloner]

Hope that's not private land...

[@channel_3790]

I love and respect kobe but he cost Them people all of their lives

[@pkmntrainerabel]

Yes please place a bigger one 💜💛

[@candyrain2136]

That’s good but everyone deserve tribute even if they weren’t famous or had money. I would think that Vanessa would of been involved in this. Hopefully who ever is in charge realizes that all 9 people deserve tribute…

[@leonardbarfied4895]

🙏💙💙💯💯💖💖💖

[@joeparks8784]

What about the other people are they second class .

[@lowchristopher5226]

Maybe someone might steal it during dark..hopefully not.

[@imagesinla8575]

The artist took the statue away at sunset.

[@jades303]

In retrospect, had the child's mother been treated like the average working class citizen, and had all her children removed from her by child protective services upon her decision to house them with an accused rapist, then the daughter would never have passed away.... but since they had more money than the entire county, the daughter is passed away because cps won't show up at rich peoples doors...

[@robertasta8666]

It’s ashame a pilot makes a mistake and these people are killed rip

[@beauluna678]

Give it maybe a month, and some SOB will steal the statue. SMH

[@JAPARICAN50-50]

I wouldn't be surprised there's a lot of sorry SOBs out here

[@imagesinla8575]

The statue was taken away by the artist at sunset.

[@prepro595]

Just Kobe and Daughter, huh? How about the others? Not worth it? Smh

[@michubern1444]

what a stupid comment.. you did nothing at all

[@papagunz45]

Lots of Kobe haters in the comment section. Smh...

[@JAPARICAN50-50]

Ask yourself this. What about the other people that also died along with Kobe??

[@milesmayhem5440]

I’m Kobe indifferent.

[@papagunz45]

@@JAPARICAN50-50 So if your mother died with 10 other people you don't know, will you remember those people or your mother?

[@papagunz45]

@@milesmayhem5440 Usually if you are indifferent to something, you wouldn't waste your time with it, let alone leave a comment.

[@nummi]

Where is the all lives matter statues

[@WideHarryCock]

Why are there so many Kobe haters in this thread? Lmfao

[@matthewsmithson9002]

So this dude gets a statue for playing with balls all his life while the rest of us been working hard breaking our backs slaving away to the 9-5 an somehow America is ok with this? You people need to get your priorities straight basketball is nothing more than a game get over it, how about some respect for the people who actually labor 12 hours a day doing something useful, playing with balls is for escorts

[@maniacaljedi2848]

Let’s not forget the millions he shelled out to make the rape allegations go away and the 85k ring he bought his wife as an apology... those aren’t things people do when they aren’t guilty of something! That’s how fuct up this country is... people idolize and want to immortalize a sexual predator... or I should say “alleged” sexual predator lest I be called a “racist” or a “hater” of some kind.

[@yslmole3061]

someone is mad

[@maniacaljedi2848]

@yslmole that someone is you

[@yslmole3061]

@@maniacaljedi2848 🤣🙈😂

[@JAPARICAN50-50]

It's ok his followers will join him in hell and the devil will show them what he thinks of there idol

[@lindamack6431]

Please 💕💕💕💕💕 let it happen it's not that we're praising Kobe and GiGi it's for all of the. people who passed away it would be a blessing to have it done and thank the artist who wants to make this happen for even thinking of it may God bless you and I know that the families would love it ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘😘😘😘 for that to happen again blessed you.

[@oggrease7720]

Creepy what about the rest ??? Who died we are all equal

[@tgreco6501]

No we're not all equal

[@WirelessJoeJackson]

For the whiners complaining "what about the other people?"... well, no one is stopping you from honoring them.. go put up a statue.. and stop complaining because someone else did not.

[@milesmayhem5440]

Yeah, but what about the others that died?

[@I_Shit_on_your_shit_point]

thats neat but it isnt about what i would do to honor them. its about what one opportunist did which marginalizes their tragic deaths. its about catering to a scumbag society that accepts and expects this kind of stuff.

[@I_Shit_on_your_shit_point]

@Foul-Mouth Farrah ive never seen a red orange or an orange apple. they are different fruits. kinda weird to compare them, no?

[@PrinceChaloner]

And when they do ANTIFA and BLM will destroy it....

[@timfowler7107]

Well what about the others that's ever died. Poeple are only mentioning the others because of Kobi being a celebrity. If Kobe was not famous then no one would say one word about anyone on that flight. Kobi was the celebrity the other ones were not.

[@Tainterz]

Honestly...no disrespect...but that statue sucks. Sorry Cobe.

[@maniacaljedi2848]

Damn bro, his name is in the video description and you still spelled it wrong... Jeez!

[@blackbeansauce1150]

Maybe they could build a court there. Just a thought.

[@Hazbinhub765]

Now we need one in front of Crypto Arena/STAPLES Center ASAP!

[@jessejdena]

Please make it happen!

[@joexfitness6395]

KOBE LOVED SEPARATING BLACK AND WHITE

[@Tainterz]

Statue looks like it waz done by a 6yr old. Nothing personal

[@TheBLACKMQQN]

Shame. There were other people who died in that crash like yourselves who don't matter. No statue. No mention. Shame.

[@lisettemachado3234]

It will be a good idea if they put another statue be a beautiful memory whoever goes to see the crash site. 🌹🌷🌹

[@MGarza-xw3vc]

Kobe was sacrificed

[@LorSuefong]

Now I can really go take a piss on it 😆 🤣