You were lucky. You lived on the same continent as my role model, Steve Irwine. He was a great man and the world will forever miss him. I actually broke down and cried when I first learned of his death. I am sorry that you had such a loss. My goal is to eventually make my way there and pay my respects to him. He is the one that taught me to love nature and to never fear her.
Sorry about my speech, but, even now, thinking about his death saddens me :*(
May all the world remember one of the greatest men to walk this planet!!