Christina Mauser, an assistant ladies basketball train for a private college in Orange County, California, became recognized as one of the nine victims within the helicopter crash that still killed Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, on Sunday. She changed into 38.
Mauser’s husband, Matt, appeared on “The TODAY Show” on Monday and expressed his family’s heartbreak.
“It’s horrible,” he said. “I’ve got 3 small children, and I’m trying to figure out a way to navigate existence with 3 children and no mom. ….She was extraordinary, she become highly witty, funny like no person you’ve ever met, she should imitate anybody. She became warm, rather bright, technologically savvy.
“My daughter, one component she said stuck with me. We watched SportsCenter for two seconds. She said it become high-quality to know anybody became hurting together with us.”
Mauser turned into an assistant at Harbor Day School in Corona del Mar, and helped Bryant coach the Mambas AAU team.
“Kobe added her on (to the Mambas) to train the children defense,” he stated. “He didn’t truly recognize sector defense due to the fact he never played it in excessive college or university. They known as her the Mother of Defense. MOD.”
“My kids and I are devastated,” Matt Mauser wrote on Facebook. “We misplaced our beautiful spouse and mom these days in a helicopter crash. …Thank you for all of the properly desires they suggest so tons.”
Also killed in the crash were university baseball train John Altobelli, considered one of his daughters, Alyssa, and his wife, Keri. Three of the crash victims have no longer been identified via professional channels.
“I just discovered that our splendid Matt Mauser of TijuanaDogs misplaced his wife Christina within the crash,” Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley wrote on Twitter. “This devastating tragedy gets worse via the hour. So much pain for so many local families. Our hearts are broken & grieving for the families impacted.”
The nine sufferers were traveling to the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, California, for a ladies basketball game. Bryant changed into anticipated to instruct and Gianna changed into anticipated to play.
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