Los Angeles Fire Chief Brian Jordan, who was at the scene of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others, announced Monday that the shock of seeing wreckage prompted him to retire.

Brian Jordan said, in his testimony in the lawsuit by Vanessa Bryant, wife of American player Kobe Bryant, against Los Angeles County, in which he claims that first responders to the scene publicly shared horrific images of Kobe and his daughter Gianna, 13 years old. and the bodies of other victims, the memory of the images continues to haunt him and he denied sharing the photos inappropriately.
Jordan, who is accused of taking graphic photos and body parts of the victims at the scene, says he only acted as instructed. Prosecutors also described photographs of body parts, which angered Jordan and he repeatedly left the courtroom.
“It was horrible and that took my job away,” he said.
Jordan, who retired in 2021, testified that he had stopped working. “I was there. I don’t remember being there. Please stop describing the scene to me,” she said.
Jordan added that he deleted the photos from his devices and couldn’t remember the details.
He continued, “Please don’t take my mind back to the scene of the accident.” “I’m not sure what he was taking pictures of.”
When asked if he photographed Kobe’s body parts, Jordan asked to take a break and leave the courtroom. Upon his return, he said, “I have an image in my head that is not pretty. The way the whole scene looked will haunt me forever.”
This is the fourth day of trial in Bryant v. Los Angeles County, where he claims he is experiencing emotional distress and mental pain after learning photos from the crash scene have been shared publicly on at least 28 company-owned devices. Los Angeles police. Department and more than a dozen early responders.