I don't know anyone personally who died in the fires, but I know of Brian Naylor. I grew up watching him read the news, and I've never found anyone else with the skill and capacity to do it so well.
They repeated on the radio this morning his final news bulletin sign off, something like: "and for the last time, may your news be good news, goodnight and farewell". I find it so sad hearing that (I can remember watching his final news bulletin and him saying that, professional to the end).
Perhaps more saddening was a recount of one his neighbours shown on the tv last night. The neighbour recalling how he spoke to Brian just prior to the fires coming through, saying something like: "Now Brian, you're not staying are you, tell me your not staying Brian". The bloke was crying as he recalled. Horribly sad decision to stay. But who was to know the fire would be so ferocious?
There's an almost sad looking photo, given the context, of Brian at his farm in this news article:
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Brian Told Me
Date: 2009-02-10 02:57 am (UTC)They repeated on the radio this morning his final news bulletin sign off, something like: "and for the last time, may your news be good news, goodnight and farewell". I find it so sad hearing that (I can remember watching his final news bulletin and him saying that, professional to the end).
Perhaps more saddening was a recount of one his neighbours shown on the tv last night. The neighbour recalling how he spoke to Brian just prior to the fires coming through, saying something like: "Now Brian, you're not staying are you, tell me your not staying Brian". The bloke was crying as he recalled. Horribly sad decision to stay. But who was to know the fire would be so ferocious?
There's an almost sad looking photo, given the context, of Brian at his farm in this news article:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/tributes-for-newsman-brian-naylor-and-wife-20090209-81bt.html
For me, that photo summed it all up. RIP.
-- mpp