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Swimming Through Sorrow:
Matt Mauser's Journey

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Matt Mauser’s life changed forever the day his wife, Christina, boarded Kobe Bryant’s helicopter.

She never came home.

What happened next is a story of unimaginable grief… but also of love, resilience, music, and swimming — the thing that saved him.

Matt — a former NCAA All-American swimmer turned nationally-known musician — opens up like never before about: → Losing Christina in the Kobe Bryant tragedy
→ Raising their three children alone
→ Turning to swimming and music to survive
→ And honoring Christina’s legacy through the Christina Mauser Foundation

His story broke our hearts… then put them back together.

Swimming Through Sorrow: Matt Mauser’s Journey

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