January 26th, 2022 marks two years since Kobe Bryant's shocking death in a helicopter crash. The eight other passengers on board, including Bryant's teenage daughter, Gianna, were killed as well. Soon after the tragedy, the Philadelphia Inquirer's Mike Sielski set out on a reporting deep dive into Bryant's origin story. The outcome was a comprehensive look at the NBA Hall of Famer's early years - from Italy to Lower Merion - chronicled in a new book, The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250839701/therise). As Sielski tells KYW Newsradio's Dave Uram (https://twitter.com/MrUram), Bryant's upbringing in suburban Philadelphia had a major influence on his life, and put him on the path to becoming a transcendent icon. 

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