Two years after the heartbreaking and tragic deaths of Kobe and Gianna Bryant, their legacies are now being commemorated with a 160-pound, bronze statue created by L.A.-based sculptor Dan Medina.
The statue of Kobe and Gianna is located at the site of the helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, where they and seven others passed in the tragic accident that took place in January 2020.
A 160-pound, bronze figure depicts the NBA hall-of-famer with his 13-year-old daughter.
Kobe with his arm around his daughter, looking down at her and smiling.
The creator of the sculpture, Dan Medina, inscribed "Heroes come and go but legends are forever" at the base, as well as the names of the seven other victims.
He plans to bring it back every year on the anniversary of the crash, and on Kobe's birthday.
Which is of course, a lot more practical than lugging the smaller one there twice a year.
Adding that he would like to be the one to do it: "It hasn’t been done yet and this is maybe a catalyst for that."
"But I’m willing to donate whatever’s here at no cost. That’s the hope, to find a way to have it permanently installed," Medina said.
He said there was nothing more than an empty lot and a "few rocks and dried flowers."
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