Liam Paro

He nearly passed away, so he was weeks away from that.

He had a big open surgery in Townsville, and my dad's a very hard man, you know, and I remember going back when he was back in Mackay, and this is after Regan passed.

Because, you know, Regan never knew his old boy growing up and stuff.

And we always used to knock around with Dad and that too.

Like it was kind of like a father figuring away to him, you know.

Like we were always around.

And, yeah, I remember going in there and Dad just being like –

I've never seen my... Like, I've seen my dad cry two other times.

It was when Manuno, his dad, passed.

And, yeah, well, when he found out, he said, did Regan die?

And I was like, yeah.

And he started crying there.

And to me, that still breaks me to... Like, just picturing that in my head was just... It was crazy, you know what I mean?

And...

It was just such a tough time, you know.

We're just young.

We're just coming into adulthood and... Yeah.

He had the world at his feet, you know, but it just shows that, man, no matter what you think is on the outside, there's people just going through stuff, you know.

It, um...

Anyone that's on the receiving end or close to someone that's taken their life, you always sit there and you ask yourself, like, what could have I done, you know?