LOS ANGELES, Calif. ā Vanessa Bryant expressed grief and anger in an Instagram post Monday as she copes with the deaths of her husband Kobe Bryant, their daughter Gigi and seven other people in a helicopter crash last month.
āMy brain refuses to accept that both Kobe and Gigi are gone,ā she wrote. āItās like Iām trying to process Kobe being gone but my body refuses to accept my Gigi will never come back to me. It feels wrong. Why should I be able to wake up another day when my baby girl isnāt being able to have that opportunity?! Iām so mad. She had so much life to live."
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Bryant said she realizes she has to remain strong for her three surviving daughters, Natalia, Bianka and Capri.
āI know what Iām feeling is normal. Itās part of the grieving process. I just wanted to share in case thereās anyone out there thatās experienced a loss like this,ā she wrote. āGod I wish they were here and this nightmare would be over. Praying for all of the victims of this horrible tragedy. Please continue to pray for all.ā
The social media post included a video feature from Slam Magazine about Kobe Bryant coaching their daughter Giannaās basketball team.
Bryant was killed when the helicopter carrying him, his daughter and seven others crashed into a mountainside in Calabasas, California, while flying to a girls basketball tournament at his Mamba Sports Academy on Jan. 26.
A public memorial for Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli, his wife, Keri, and daughter Alyssa was scheduled Monday. Also killed in the crash were pilot Ara Zobayan and Bryant friends Christina Mauser, Sarah Chester and her daughter Payton.
Bryant announced last week that a ācelebration of lifeā memorial will be held on Feb. 24 at the Staples Center to honor her late husband and 13-year-old Gianna.