Is this the last photo of Kobe Bryant before the 衝突，墜落? NBA legend 約束d young fan he would take a better picture the next time they met as he grabbed a snap and a 握りこぶし bump the day before he died

A young basketball fan has 明らかにする／漏らすd he took a selfie with Kobe Bryant just hours before the NBA legend's death which could be the last photo ever taken of him.?

Brady Smigiel, 13, snapped a picture of Bryant walking behind him at the Mamba Sports 学院 on Saturday, where the former Lakers 星／主役にする was coaching his daughter Gianna's team.?

Bryant told the youngster he would 提起する／ポーズをとる for a better picture the next day, but was never able to keep his 約束 after his ヘリコプター 衝突，墜落d and burst into 炎上s 近づく Los Angeles on Sunday.?

Smigiel, who was playing in a tournament at Bryant's 学院, had also watched 13-year-old Gianna Bryant play for her junior team hours before she too was killed in the 衝突，墜落.??

Brady's mother?Dionne Reich Smigiel told CNN that the family was 'struggling' after the ヘリコプター 悲劇 and said her children 'don't know how to 過程 this'.?

With 尊敬の印s continuing to 注ぐ in for Bryant, his wife Vanessa yesterday spoke out for the first time since his death and said the family was '完全に 荒廃させるd by the sudden loss'.???

Last photo??Brady Smigiel snapped this picture of Kobe Bryant walking behind him at the Mamba Sports 学院 on Saturday, hours before the NBA legend died in a California ヘリコプター 衝突，墜落?

Vanessa Bryant 株d a photo of the Los Angeles Lakers legend's family on Wednesday while 申し込む／申し出ing her first 発言／述べるs about Kobe and Gianna Bryant's death

Bryant, 41, was killed と一緒に his daughter, Gianna, 13, during the horrific 事故 on Sunday

A piece of the tail section of the ヘリコプター is seen まっただ中に the 難破 which 衝突，墜落 捜査官／調査官s have been exami ning?

Dionne Reich Smigiel, the mother of the 十代の少年少女 who took the selfie, said her twin sons were 'obsessed with basketball and big fans of Kobe'.?

Her son Brady would ask his mother to 運動 by Kobe's home whenever they were in the 近隣 in 事例／患者 they caught a glimpse of him, she said.??

述べるing the circumstances of the selfie, she said Kobe had rebuffed Brady's first 試みる／企てる at a picture, giving him a 握りこぶし bump instead, because was 'mad' after his daughter's team had lost a game.??

The 十代の少年少女 tried again after another match had finished, and this time managed to snap a picture of the NBA legend walking behind him.?

Bryant told him 'We'll get a better pic tomorrow', but died on the way to Sunday's tournament along with eight others on the ヘリコプター.?

Kobe's wife Vanessa yesterday 強調する／ストレスd that the family was 荒廃させるd for the families of all nine 犠牲者s, 説 that Bryant's family '株 in their grief intimately'.???

'We are 完全に 荒廃させるd by the sudden loss of my adoring husband, Kobe - the amazing father of our children; and my beautiful, 甘い Gianna - a loving, thoughtful, and wonderful daughter, and amazing sister to Natalia, Bianka, and Capril,' Vanessa said yesterday.?

'There aren’t enough words to 述べる our 苦痛 権利 now. I take 慰安 in knowing that Kobe and Gigi both knew that they were so 深く，強烈に loved.?

'We were so incredibly blessed to have them in our lives. I wish they were here with us forever. They were our beautiful blessings taken from us too soon.'?

Vanessa said the family would continue to try and 'keep 押し進めるing,' 追加するing that Kobe and Gigi are '向こうずねing on us to light the way,'?

'Our love for them is endless ― and that’s to say, immeasurable,' she said. 'I just wish I could 抱擁する them, kiss them and bless them. Have them here with us, forever.'

'Thank you for 株ing your joy, your grief and your support with us. We ask that you 認める us the 尊敬（する）・点 and privacy we will need to navigate this new reality.'

Vanessa said that the NBA 星／主役にする's Mamba Sports 創立／基礎 would be setting up a MambaOnThree 基金 to help support the families of those lost in the 悲劇.?

'We are 完全に 荒廃させるd by the sudden loss of my adoring husband, Kobe ― the amazing father of our children; and my beautiful, 甘い Gianna ― a loving, thoughtful, and wonderful daug hter, and amazing sister to Natalia, Bianka, and Capril,' Vanessa said in the Wednesday 地位，任命する

The Los Angeles Lakers also took to Twitter to 株 （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） about the 創立／基礎 and to 株 a picture of the couple

'Thank you so much for 解除するing us up in your 祈りs, and for loving Kobe, Gigi, Natalia, Bianka, Capri and me,' Vanessa 結論するd in the 地位，任命する.?

Bryant's wife also 定評のある the 悲劇 by changing her Instagram profile photo to one of Kobe and Gianna embracing and smiling at each other.?

The photo was taken during an NBA all-星／主役にする game in Toronto in 2016, which was の中で his last all-星／主役にする 外見s.??

The Los Angeles Lakers, where Bryant played throughout his 20-year NBA career, also 解放（する）d their first public 声明 on Bryant's death yesterday.?

'We are 荒廃させるd and have been forever changed by the sudden loss of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna,' the team said on Wednesday.?

'We send our love to V anessa, the Bryant family, and to the families of the other 乗客s.'

'Words cannot 表明する what Kobe means to the Los Angeles Lakers, our fans, and our city. More than a basketball player, he was a beloved father, husband, and チーム仲間. Their love and light will remain in our hearts forever.'??

Kobe Bryant's wife changed her Instagram profile picture on Wednesday to feature her late husband and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna

Vanessa 公然と 定評のある their shock deaths on Wednesday when she changed her Instagram profile photo to one of Kobe and Gianna embracing and smiling at each other

Vanessa also switched her Instagram account from 私的な to public on Wednesday.?

It is not （疑いを）晴らす if she made the account, which has more than one million, 信奉者s, 私的な before or after the 衝突，墜落.?

Sources have said Vanessa has been trying to stay strong for their three 生き残るing daughters but is 荒廃させるd, numb and can barely keep it together.

'She can't finish a 宣告，判決 without crying. But she is working very hard to pull it together for the other girls. She now has to be the strong one,' the source told People.

Bryant met Vanessa 支援する in 1999 when she was 17 and was working as a background model on a music ビデオ.

They got engaged six months later and married in 2001.?

The couple have four children together: Gianna, 13, who was killed と一緒に her father, Natalia, 17, three-year-old Bianka and seven-month-old Capri.

Kobe would often 株 heartwarming photos and 尊敬の印s to his family on social マスコミ.?

The Bryant family were all pictured together in December at a Nutcracker 業績／成果 for an 年次の Christmas tradition?

Gigi and her mother Vanessa are pictured above together during a 最近の family trip to Disneyland late last year (left) and in Greece in 2014 (権利)

Vanessa and Kobe, who married in 2001, are pictured above with their three eldest daughters:?Natalia, 17, Gianna, 13, and three-year-old Bianka?

Bryant met Vanessa 支援する in 1999 when she was 17 and was working as a background model on a music ビデオ. They got engaged six months later and married in 2001

In November 2019, Bryant called Vanessa his 'Queen' and their daughters 'princesses' in a touching 地位，任命する to 示す 20 years since they first met when she was at high school.

'On this day 20 years ago I met my best friend, my Queen @vanessabryant I decided to take her on a date to Disneyland tonight to celebrate old school style (pre 4princesses),' he wrote.?

'I love you my mamacita per sempre,' Bryant captioned a thro wback photo of the couple along with a photo of them at the time in the Anaheim, California, 主題 park.?

Kobe, Gianna and seven others were killed on Sunday when their ヘリコプター went 負かす／撃墜する in a fiery 衝突，墜落 in Southern California on their way to the 13-year-old's basketball game.?

They were killed と一緒に John Altobelli, 56, longtime 長，率いる coach of Southern California's Orange Coast College baseball team; his wife, Keri; and daughter, Alyssa, who played on the same basketball team as Bryant's daughter; and Christina Mauser, a girls' basketball coach at a Southern California elementary school.??

Another young player, Payton Chester, was also killed in the 衝突，墜落 along with her mother Sarah Chester.

The 操縦する, Ara Zobayan, 50, was the ninth 犠牲者. He was the 長，指導者 操縦する for the 航空機's owner, Island 表明する ヘリコプターs.?

The NBA legend and Vanessa married in April 2001 when he was 22 and she was 18. Together they have four children: Gianna (far 権利), 13, who was killed と一緒に her father, Natalia (left), 17, three-year-old Bianka (権利, in pink), and seven-month-old Capri?

Bryant, 41, and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna (pictured in November 2019) were both killed in the 衝突，墜落

The company said the 操縦する had more than 10 years of experience and had logged more than 8,000 flight hours.

He also was a flight 指導者 who had flown Bryant and other celebrities several times before.

捜査官／調査官s and 専門家s have since said the ヘリコプター didn't have?a long-recommended 警告 system to 警報 the 操縦する he was too の近くに to the ground.

It is not （疑いを）晴らす whether that system would have 回避するd the 霧がかかった-天候 衝突，墜落.?

The 操縦する, Ara Zobayan, had been climbing out of the clouds when the 借り切る／憲章d 航空機 banked left and began a sudden and terrifying 1,200-foot 降下／家系 that lasted nearly a minute?

The last of the 犠牲者s' 団体／死体s were 回復するd on Tuesday and 検死官's 公式の／役人s said the remains of Bryant, Zobayan and two other 乗客s were identified using 指紋s.??

捜査官／調査官s were seen working the ヘリコプター 衝突，墜落 場所／位置 on Monday in Calabasas , California

The 難破 of the ヘリコプター which 衝突，墜落d on Sunday is airlifted off the hillside by another ヘリコプター yesterday

難破 from the ヘリコプター 衝突，墜落 is carried on the 支援する of a トラックで運ぶ in Los Angeles after it was airlifted off the mountain

劇の pictures have 明らかにする／漏らすd how Kobe Bryant's ヘリコプター 爆発するd into a fireball after it 急落（する），激減（する）d 1,000 feet into a hillside on Sunday, 殺人，大当り the NBA legend and eight others?