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originally posted by: underwerks
originally posted by: RMFX1
a reply to: Krahzeef_Ukhar
He was just a boxer. Certainly to me me
To his family I'm sure he was much more but that's irrelevant. Athletes dying is not worth the threads in my opinion. Don't you have anything closer to home worth caring about?
You sure are spending a lot of time in a thread that according to you shouldn’t exist.
You haven't read Nietzsche?
Nietzsche ended up alone talking to his horse.
ETA: RIP Kobe.
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
Whether Kobe Bryant was a good guy, or whether he was a bad guy...he was a great athlete. We can call out his excesses, the helicopters and the like, but at the end of the day...we are all mortals.
The helicopter that crashed Sunday morning in Calabasas, killing Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others on board, had the feel of a limousine and boasted a strong safety record, said the basketball star’s former pilot.
Kurt Deetz, a former pilot for Island Express Helicopters, told The Times he flew Bryant from 2014 to 2016. Nine times out of 10, he said, Bryant flew in “Two Echo X-ray” — the Sikorsky S-76B, tail No. N72EX, that went down Sunday morning. When Bryant retired from the NBA in 2016, he flew out of downtown Los Angeles in the same helicopter, wrapped in a gray-and-black paint scheme with his Mamba emblem on the side, Deetz said.
Deetz, who said he spent more than 1,000 hours flying the craft that crashed Sunday, called its condition “fantastic.” Island Express follows a “very good maintenance program,” he said. The helicopter was owned by Island Express, according to Deetz.
When he flew Bryant, Deetz said, the star was quiet: “It was always, ‘Hey,’ thumbs up, or sometimes nothing at all. He kept to himself. He would get in, get out, and that was it. There was no hugging, no backslapping — he was very professional.”
Deetz recalled one flight, on Father’s Day in 2016: He was spending the day with his son when he got a call — could he fly Bryant to downtown Los Angeles? Deetz brought along his son, who sat with him up front. Bryant was with his daughters in the back. He spotted Deetz’s son: “He’s a very private guy,” Deetz recalled, “but he noticed my son there and he said, ‘Hey, little man.’ My son and I remembered that today.”
originally posted by: FlyingSquirrel
He had pedo information on important people like Epstein and wasn't trusted anymore..
..so liberals had him killed too with a bomb installed at the airport.
The Clinton's released a statement over him passing away. Why would they do that?
That's how coverups work, there's always a cause of death and no one was at fault.
"Hillary and I are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and all those who died in today's helicopter crash. Kobe brought excitement and joy to basketball fans not just in Los Angeles, but all over the U.S. and around the world. He was also a leader off the court, including in his advocacy for young people, especially the vulnerable and homeless — a passion I saw firsthand when I joined him and Vanessa for the opening of a housing project they and their foundation supported. Kobe Bryant lived a very large life in a very short time. But above all, he loved his family. Our prayers are with Vanessa, Natalia, Bianka, and Capri, and all those who lost loved ones today," the Clintons said.