Twenty-Four Forever: Kobe Bryant
By: Kinley DuRant and Elizabeth O’Donnell
What to Know
Devastating news hits 2020 when word was received that a helicopter went down over Calabasas, California. The incident occurred On January 26th, 2020 just before 10 AM Pacific time. In it were 5-time NBA champion, Kobe Bryant along with his daughter, Gianna Bryant (13 years old).
Here are some of the Conversations surrounding the incident:
- Highly recognized Basketball Player
- The conversation points included many people Greatest Basketball player of all time
- Some commentary extended prayers to family and friends of Kobe Bryant
- Many players that knew him were removing themselves from Sunday’s games because of their emotional state
- Conversation exploded on Twitter as well as other social media platforms
- At the time of this writing 8.1 Million posts with hashtags such as:
Much of the conversation on Twitter by outlets and influencers such as ABC, BBC News, CNN, etc. offered words of support and comfort along with updates of the event.
Several comments can be seen in the images below:
The continual unfolding of this event is causing the 8.1 million posts number to increase. All data was collected through an analyzation of the above keywords in the Social Media Listening Center on January 26, 2020.
