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Tears Shed, Joyful Times Recalled at Kobe Bryant Memorial

Associated Press

   LOS ANGELES - Fans call it The House that Kobe Built, and since Kobe
   Bryant's shocking death in a helicopter crash mourners by the thousands
   have gathered outside the glistening steel-and-glass edifice where the
   Los Angeles Lakers legend made so much basketball history.

   The arrivals at downtown Staples Center began soon after word spread
   that Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among nine
   people killed in Sunday's crash. They continued unabated Monday as
   people took off from school or work to pay respects to a man with whom
   many felt a kinship.

   "The memories that he gave us as a family were great memories," said
   Lawrence Perez or North Hollywood, who arrived with his wife, Maureen,
   and 15-year-old daughter, Desiree. "We could have been at home, but we
   wanted to be with other people who are kind of going through the same
   thing."
   

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