Teen who lost family in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash to get internship at top sports agency

“A handful of minutes later, Kobe and Gianna and seven other beautiful souls ascended into heaven,” Pelinka said, explaining the texts were exchanged just minutes before the Sikorsky S-76 carrying Bryant and the others crashed into the Santa Monica Mountains. “Kobe lived to make other people’s lives better all the way up until his final ...