A somber mood has been over Los Angeles during various points of the past year-plus as the city mourned the tragic passing of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others in a helicopter accident. It rocked the Los Angeles Lakers organization, sports community and world as a whole.
The incident occurred a day prior to fifth annual Justin Turner Golf Classic, which was being held at Sherwood Country Club, only a few miles from where the helicopter went into a Calabasas hillside.
Turner and his wife Kourtney made the decision to carry on with their event, and it marked the beginning of several Los Angeles Dodgers sharing how they identified with Bryant as well.