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My girls and I want to thank the millions of people who’ve shown support and love during this horrific time. Thank you for all the prayers. We definitely need them. We are completely devastated by the sudden loss of my adoring husband, Kobe — the amazing father of our children; and my beautiful, sweet Gianna — a loving, thoughtful, and wonderful daughter, and amazing sister to Natalia, Bianka, and Capri. We are also devastated for the families who lost their loved ones on Sunday, and we share in their grief intimately. There aren’t enough words to describe our pain right now. I take comfort in knowing that Kobe and Gigi both knew that they were so deeply 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. I’m not sure what our lives hold beyond today, and it’s impossible to imagine life without them. But we wake up each day, trying to keep pushing because Kobe, and our baby girl, Gigi, are shining on us to light the way. Our love for them is endless — and that’s to say, immeasurable. I just wish I could hug them, kiss them and bless them. Have them here with us, forever. Thank you for sharing your joy, your grief and your support with us. We ask that you grant us the respect and privacy we will need to navigate this new reality. To honor our Team Mamba family, the Mamba Sports Foundation has set up the MambaOnThree Fund to help support the other families affected by this tragedy. To donate, please go to MambaOnThree.org. To further Kobe and Gianna’s legacy in youth sports, please visit MambaSportsFoundation.org. Thank you so much for lifting us up in your prayers, and for loving Kobe, Gigi, Natalia, Bianka, Capri and me. #Mamba #Mambacita #GirlsDad #DaddysGirls #Family ❤️

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Zapisala je, da so ona in njene tri hčerke, zaradi nenadne izgube njenega moža “čudovitega očeta najinih otrok” in njene “lepe, sladke Gianne, ljubeče, skrbne in čudovite hčerke”, popolnoma pretresene.

“Moje punce in jaz bi se rade zahvalile milijonom ljudi, ki so nam v tem grozljivem času izkazali podporo in ljubezen. Hvala za vse molitve. Res jih potrebujemo. Popolnoma smo pretresene zaradi nenadne izgube mojega ljubega moža Kobeja – čudovitega očeta najinih otrok; in moje čudovite, sladke Gianne – ljubeče, pozorne in krasne hčerke, ter neverjetne sestre Natalii, Bianki in Capri. Pretresene smo tudi zaradi družin, ki so v nedelje prav tako izgubili svoje ljubljene in skupaj z njimi žalujemo. Ni besed, ki bi opisale našo bolečino. Toda tolaži me, ker vem, da sta Kobe in Gigi vedela, kako zelo sta ljubljena. Neverjetno srečo smo imeli, da smo ju lahko imeli v naših življenjih. Želim si, da bi bila oba tukaj z nami za vedno. Bila sta naš neverjeten blagoslov, ki nam je bil odvzet prezgodaj.

Ne vem, kaj nas v življenju še čaka in nemogoče si je predstavljati življenja bez njiju. Toda vsak dan se zbudimo in skušamo vztrajati, ker vemo, da Kobe in najina punčka Gigi pazita na nas od zgoraj. Naša ljubezen do njiju je neskončna in se je ne da izmeriti. Želim si le, da bi ju lahko objela, poljubila in blagoslovila. Da bi ju imela tukaj zraven nas, za vedno.

Hvala, da skupaj z nami deliti svoje veselje, svoje žalovanje in nas podpirate. Prosimo vas, da nam omogočite zasebnost in spoštovanje, ki ju potrebujemo, da bomo šle lahko skozi to novo realnost. Hvala vsem za vaše molitve in ker imate radi Kobeja, Gigi, Natalio, Bianko, Capri in mene.”