January 26, 2020, will always be seen as a great loss for the football fans as this day, the legendary football player Kobe Bryant died. On that day, he has boarded a helicopter with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna.
They were traveling from Orange County, California to Thousand Oaks, but they never reached their destination. Due to poor visibility due to fog, the helicopter ended up crashing in Calabasas, California. There were no survivors.
Not a lot of fans have visited the crash site, but one sculptor wanted to give them a reason to stop by. Sculptor Dan Medina created a sculpture honoring Kobe and Gigi.
The bronze statue, which weighs 160 pounds, depicts Kobe wearing a Lakers uniform. He has his arm around his daughter Gigi, who is looking up to him. Gigi is also wearing a basketball uniform and holding a basketball. At the base of the statue, there is the text that reads, “Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.”
Exactly two years after the fatal crash, Medina put the statue he created in honor of Kobe and Gigi on a wagon, and he pulled it to the crash site by himself. Watch the video below to see this statue for yourself and to learn a little bit more about it.
Medina hopes that one day he will be allowed to erect a permanent statue at the location of the crash site. He also wants a permanent statue to be bigger than the temporary one. He wants it to be life-size.
