John Altobelli's daughter, Alyssa, along with another girl on the helicopter were in my 13yr old daughter's best friends group (of 5 girls).
Kobe's 13yrd old daughter "Gigi" played for Kobe's local club team he coached here for years here in Newport Beach along with the two other girls on the helo. My daughter was close friends with Alyssa and the other girl who died. Her other BFF was on the team also , but drove to the tournament and was waiting for the chopper to arrive with everyone else. She was bummed that she didn't get to ride in the helicopter to the tourney in Calabasas and had to drive...and is alive from that simple twist of fate.
It was my 13yr old daughter's first experience with death of loved ones & losing 2 best friends is just brutal. My daughter just wandered the house - from room to room - on Sunday sobbing in disbelief and spent Sun night with the 2 remaining friends. I'm glad they're all mourning the loss together.
It feels like a mass shooting or something...so many died from our town. So sad.
"L'audace, l'audace. Toujours l'audace!"
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/27/2020 04:27AM by SunTzu_vs_Camus.