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TRIP.
LANNY DEAN WAS ALSO A CLOSE
FRIEND.
LANNY, I WANT TO START WITH YOU.
YOU KNEW HIM FOR MORE THAN 20
YEARS.
WHAT WAS HE LIKE?
>> I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU TIM WAS
A VERY PASSIONATE INDIVIDUAL,
PROBABLY ONE MUCH THE MOST
PASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS THAT I
HAD EVER MET PERSONALLY.
HE WAS CERTAINLY VERY SCIENTIFIC
AND PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANTLY
TIM HAD A CARE ABOUT OTHER
PEOPLE THAT I HAD NEVER MET IN
MY LIFE.
I'D NEVER SEEN THAT TYPE OF A
CARING INDIVIDUAL.
HE WAS TRULY, TRULY
I'M SORRY.
>> NO, IT'S OKAY.
WE UNDERSTAND.
LANNY, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU,
WHEN YOU THINK OF -- BECAUSE WE
WANT OUR VIEWERS TO UNDERSTAND
WHO THIS MAN WAS BEYOND WHAT HE
DID ON TELEVISION AND BEYOND HIS
HEROISM IN TRACKING STORMS.
WHAT WILL YOU REMEMBER MOST
ABOUT HIM WHEN YOU THINK OF TIM?
>> CERTAINLY I WILL REMEMBER --
CERTAINLY I'M GOING TO REMEMBER
HIS DEDICATION AND HIS PASSION,
BUT I THINK -- OF COURSE THE
SCIENTIFIC LEVEL -- I MEAN, TIM
WAS A VERY SMART INDIVIDUAL,
PROBABLY ONE OF THE SMARTEST
PEOPLE THAT I KNOW.
BUT ULTIMATELY I WILL REMEMBER
HIS CARING ATTITUDE.
I MEAN, THIS IS A MAN THAT I --
VERY HARD TO DESCRIBE TO YOU.
YOU WOULD ALMOST HAVE TO MEET
HIM.
HE TRULY DID CARE MORE ABOUT
OTHER PEOPLE THAN HIMSELF, AND
THAT CERTAINLY SHOWED ANYTIME
YOU SPOKE WITH HIM.
YOU COULD BE A NOVICE CHASER OR
WHAT HAVE YOU OR JUST SOMEBODY
OFF THE STREET, AND TIM WOULD
TAKE TIME TO VISIT WITH YOU.
AND I THINK THAT CARING ATTITUDE
AND THAT -- JUST THAT AURA ABOUT
HIM REALLY I'M GOING TO MISS
DEARLY.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO
REMEMBER.
I'M GOING TO HOLD ON TO THOSE --
I'M GOING TO HOLD ON TO THOSE
MEMORIES.
>> AND, ED, LASTLY, WHAT WILL
YOU REMEMBER MOST ABOUT TIM,
HAVING BEEN A MEMBER OF HIS
TEAM?
>> WELL, JUST THE KNOWLEDGE THAT
HE WAS WILLING TO IMPART ON
THOSE AROUND HIM.
EVEN WHEN HE WASN'T STORM
CHASING, SORT OF ECHOING WHAT
LANNY JUST SAID, IN THE
OFF-SEASON HE ENJOYED GOING TO
SCHOOLS, HE ENJOYED TALKING TO
CHILDREN, TRYING TO EDUCATE
THEM, TRYING TO GET THEM
INVOLVED IN SCIENCE.
FROM MY STANDPOINT, HE BELIEVED
IN INTEGRATING THAT SCIENTIFIC
KNOWLEDGE IN THE YOUNGER KIDS SO
THAT AS THEY GOT OLDER THERE
WOULD BE A NEW GENERATION BEING
ABLE TO CARRY ON SOME OF THE
PROGRAMS AND STUDIES THAT HE HAD