Santaneros Remember Kobe Bryant at City Hall Memorial Screening
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People gathered in the city of Santa Ana’s Council Chambers to view the memorial of Kobe Bryant. Julian Reynoso / el Don
The city of Santa Ana opened the doors of their Council Chamber Monday to screen the sold-out memorial of basketball legend and Orange County resident Kobe Bryant.
Members of the public present for the viewing shared their feelings on what Bryant meant to them.
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Anthony Morales
“We’re basically the same age, so I got to see him as a kid. Being a kid and him being a kid coming into the league at seventeen and he grew in front of all of our eyes … he was a Laker, but he was from Orange County. He touched a lot of lives, he did a lot for the community … it’s weird, it’s like I lost a part of my childhood.”
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Danny Guerrero
“I grew up watching Kobe … I knew I couldn’t get into the Staple Center, but just being in Los Angeles, making sure I’m here, watching this, it means a lot to me. I feel like I need to fill the void a little bit and this is definitely helping.”
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Mayra Salmeron
“I grew up watching basketball, I actually played basketball myself … so I saw his career from start to end. Not only did I watch his career but I also watched him after his career. I lived about five minutes away from his house, so I’d run into him at Pavilions and stuff like that. He meant a lot to me obviously in a sports kind of way, but also just as a human. He was an amazing human and an amazing guy. He meant a mentality I guess, what everybody talks about, the Mamba mentality.”
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Juan Diego
“I remember Kobe on the basketball court … I know a lot of people didn’t really like him and to me the way he didn’t care and pushed through everything. I guess number one being a Laker, and being a Laker fan, and Kobe being Kobe.”
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