SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER LOS ANGELES LAKERS TEAM ATTENDANT MANNY SANDOVAL, SAYING: "I literally had to pull over, it was, you know, that's when it really hit me, it was like a punch in the stomach…" Former Los Angeles Lakers team attendant Manny Sandoval described the moment when he first heard the news of Kobe Bryant's death in the fatal helicopter crash that also took the life of Bryant's daughter Gianna and seven others on board including the pilot. Sandoval worked 22 seasons for the Lakers, and was hired by the team the same year Bryant - a then 18-year-old recent high school graduate - joined the team.