Many Across Philadelphia Region Watch Kobe Bryant Memorial Service

Chantee Lans reports.

THIS IS WHERE HE USED TO SIT,CANDLES ARE BURNING IN HISHONOR.WE CONSIDER OURSELVES LIKEI FAMILY TO HIM SO WE DECIDEDTO DO A SMALL MEMORIAL.REPORTER: INSIDE LARRY'SSTEAKS, CANDLES BURNED AT THEBOOTH OF THE KOBE BRYANT'SFAVORITE SPOT.HE ALWAYS SAT FACING OUTAND HE USED TO SMILE BECAUSEHE ALWAYS SAID I WANT TO SEEWHAT IS IN FRONT OF ME.REPORTER: CHEESE STAKESTAFF STAFFED A MEMORIAL FORKOBE BRYANT AND HIS 13 YEAROLD DAUGHTER GUILLEN A NBAGREAT LAST VISITED LAST YEAR.TODAY COMPLETE STRANGERSSTOPPED IN AND PAID THEIRRESPECTS.I WANTED TO LIGHT A CANDLEJUST TO REFERENCE, YOU KNOW,TO HELP REPRESENT THE WHOLEUNITED STATES.HE WAS JUSSIE GREAT GUY.REPORTER: LARRY'S OWNERTONY MET BRYANT IN THE EARLY90'S WHEN HE WAS A BASKETBALLPLAYER DOWN THE ROAD AT LOWERMERION HIGH SCHOOL.MY KIDS CRIED SO HARD FORHIM BECAUSE THEY KNOW HIM LIKEA VERY CLOSE PERSON TO US.WE WILL MISS THE CHEESE STEAKSTO LOS ANGELES.REPORTER: OVER IN CENTERCITY 100 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAT PHILADELPHIA PERFORMINGARTS, A STRING THEORY SCHOOL,LOOKED ON, AND WATCHED ITSMEMORIAL MANY IN TEARS.BASKETBALL CENTER KHALILTURNER IS STILL IN SHOCK.I CAN REMEMBER THIS REPORTREPORT BACK INSIDE LARRY'SSTEAKS SIMILAR SENTIMENTS WEREFELT.HE IS A GOOD MAN, I WILLMISS HIM, AND WE WANTED TOBRING HIS DAUGHTER IN HERE FORA STAKE BUT NEVER GOT ACHANCE.MY PRAYERS GET OUT TO HISFAMILY.REPORTER: COMING UP HERE AT6:00 I SPEAK WITH A KOBEBRYANT FAN, RESPONSIBLE FORRETURNING HIS JERSEY BACK DOWNTHE ROAD AT LOWER MERION HIGHSCHOOL.LIVE IN WYNFIELD, INPHILADELPHIA, CHANTEE LANS FORCBS-3 "EYEWITNESS NEWS".CHANTEE, THANK YOU.GUYS, WE WERE ON THE AIRWHEN THIS NEWS CAME OUT, ABOUTFOUR WEEKS AGO AND IT WASEXTREMELY HARD THEN.IT IS STILL EXTREMELY HARDNOW.I'M STILL IN DISBELIEF.IT CERTAINLY IS.YOU WERE OUT THERE COVERINGIT.NOTHING PREPARES YOU FORWHAT YOU SAW JUST OUT THERE.IT CONTINUES LEGACY, OUR