For thousands of Australians, the world changed forever on July 17, 2014. A decade later, those who knew and loved the 38 Australians who lost their lives on MH17 are determined to ensure their memories will never be forgotten.
"She doesn't normally watch the news, but for some reason, she turned on the news that morning," he said.
"Over the years, we've very much missed Mum and Dad and I mainly feel sorry for Mum and Dad that they didn't get to experience more of their retirement and spending time with their grandchildren," Mr Guard said. " there to try to help those who are caught up in these violent conflagrations which really, people are caught up in through no fault of their own and really, especially in places like Gaza right now, are really suffering," he said.Mr Guard said he was grateful the court case over the downing of MH17 had been able to establish the key facts.
"We are so incredibly grateful to the AFP, DFAT and the Australian government, who were relentless in their pursuit of obtaining justice for us and other Australian families," they said.On the wall of a quiet corridor at Bacchus Marsh Grammar, west of Melbourne, you can find a framed artwork of an owl.
"We were basically, in one sense, trying to come to grips with the situation ourselves, deal with the situation where young people were dealing with grief — often for the first time," he said. Mr Neal said the officers were "wonderful" in the way they worked discreetly to avoid traumatising the young students at the school, but the process brought home the brutal facts of the situation.
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