LIVE: Kobe Bryant Tribute, L.A. (video)

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LIVE: Thousands flock to Staples Center for Kobe and Gianna

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(MARCA) Ruptly is live from Los Angeles today (Monday, February 24, 2020) as over 20,000 fans arrive at the Staples Center for a planned tribute to NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, who lost their lives in a helicopter crash last month with seven others.

"The Celebration of Life for Kobe and Gianna Bryant" saw nearly 90,000 people apply for tickets, outstripping supply four-fold, and the L.A. Police Department has threatened strongly advised the public to avoid the downtown area as the memorial service takes place. Tributes have flooded in for Bryant from across the world since the January 26th helicopter crash, which also claimed the lives of six other passengers and one pilot, who seems to be at fault. An investigation into the crash has been launched by two federal government agencies, with focus expected to fall on bad weather, mechanical failure, or pilot error. Suscríbete al canal de Marca (bit.ly/2J0YIm6).

New video shows Kobe Bryant's helicopter before crash

CBS Los Angeles is on all Kobe Bryant news.

Federal investigators are looking at new clues about the final moments of the ill-fated helicopter flight that ended in tragedy for nine people, including former Lakers' basketball player Kobe Bryant. They say all the wreckage has been removed from the crash site and is being sent out of state for analysis.

Newly surfaced video taken before the crash appears to show the aircraft in mid-flight, before it crashed into the Calabasas hillside. Whether the copter crashed on that hillside or the next, it was doomed due to the way the pilot was speeding in blinding fog and descending at 184 MPH points out Kris Van Cleave, who reports on the ongoing investigation. CBS This Morning (Facebook).