A Year Later: The Awful Media Coverage of Kobe Bryant’s Death Is Still Unresolved

It’s hard to believe that we’ve reached the one-year anniversary of the deadly helicopter crash that took the lives of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, two of her team mates and their parents, Alyssa, John and Keri Altobelli, Payton and Sarah Chester, and recruited girl’s basketball coach, Christina Mauser.

That fateful Sunday morning on January 26th, the group was headed to a basketball game at Bryant’s Mamba Sports Academy in Newbury Park where Gianna, Alyssa and Payton were scheduled to play a basketball game with both Bryant and Mauser coaching.

The weather conditions were not favorable for flying, due to heavy fog and low hanging clouds in the Los Angeles area, which was a far cry from the clear, sunny skies at the departure point of John Wayne Airport in Orange County.

Despite the Los Angeles Police Air Support Division and tour companies operating in the area, opting to stay grounded, until it was safe to take to the skies, Bryant’s pilot, Ara Zobayan who served as chief pilot for Island Express Helicopters proceeded to dangerously maneuver the aircraft further into zero visibility.

The helicopter crashed into the mountains of Calabasas with no survivors, leaving bereaved family members in shock…