Eric Nguyen

[Sam Barricklow]

I am saddened.

Eric's photography is among the best. He had true talent.

Although I didn't know Eric personally, I greatly admired his work. Eric left behind a significant legacy of storm photography.

To his family and friends, please accept my sincere condolences for your loss.

 

[jason kissam]

Eric and his family are in my prayers as well, this is always a shock to find out this way... as like others on here i have not met eric but know his work and im amazed.

i have seen two friends take their own life short of their prime. lets not remember him for this remember him for the joy he has brought us all.

may peace come to eric, his family and friends..

 

[Amos Magliocco]

With a broken heart I relay that Eric passed away early this morning at 2:00 AM. He was surrounded by family and friends. He is survived by his wife Nina, his two boys, Chris and Sean, and his mother, father, and sister, as well as other immediate family. Eric was twenty-nine years old.

The last two hours of Eric’s life were filled with sounds of joy and happy memories. From midnight to 1:00 AM, a few of us sat around with our laptops and found pictures of Eric and read stories from the boards out loud to one another, and to him. I played my old DVD specifically to find comments from Eric, such as how after a frustrating supercell finally produced a tornado just as Eric discovered a flat, he said: “We threw the supercell off guard by acting like we had a flat tire.”

Eric’s hospital room looked like a motel room with five chasers preparing for tomorrow’s action. Eric would have loved it.

Around 1:00 AM, he grew quiet and his breathing slowed. His family and friends gathered around and held his hand and helped him to the next plane in peace.

I’ll miss my friend and chase partner terribly. I don’t understand how something so awful happens to someone so full of life and light, and who touched so many people he hadn’t even met. I want to write more about this soon, but today I don’t have the energy.

Thanks again, everyone, for the well-wishes. We’re planning a chaser gathering in Eric’s honor very soon and we’ll post information about that when it’s finalized.

Amos

 

[Tony Laubach]

My heart is heavy with the news, and my thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and family of Eric. There are never any words in times like this, and even still, days after hearing the news, am still short on anything to say.

I've been lucky to have chased with Eric on numerous occasions, and each time was a joy. Some of the more memorable chases were the May 5, 2006 Seminole, TX hail day and the April 13, 2007 "thank God he was driving" Seymour wedge day.

Eric was a great chaser; very knowledgable, and always was sharing his knowledge. His sense of humor made every chase a new venture in cheap humor. I always looked forward to meeting with him in the field and will greatly miss all he brings to chasing.

 

[Jeff Miller]

I sit at my computer sad, shaking my head this morning. I never knew him, but yet, now, it seems I did - if that makes sense.

Eric was the personification of everything chasing. Eric had *It*. The *It* I refer to was that Passion. the Passion only recognized by fellow chasers. the chaser community has been dealt a blow. But it's not nearly as intense as the blow felt by his young children, and they are the ones my heart is saddened for today.

There's nothing more I can say... except Amos and friends, hang in there. You'll always have the memories. I hope his website is archived and kept in perpetuality as a standing memorial to one of the finest storm chasers ever to roam tornado alley.

 

[Anthony Silver]

Very tragic news indeed. It always saddens me to hear that a fellow chaser has passed on, especially under circumstances such as these. My thoughts and prayers go out to Amos, and the rest of Eric's friends and family.

 

[Angie Norris]

Amos, I am so sorry to hear the news. Please accept my deepest sympathies and please pass them on to Eric's family. He will be deeply missed.

 

[Shane Adams]

I'm very sorry to hear this news, and for the loss of his family and friends....you are all in my thoughts. I'm happy to hear he had such wonderful friends surrounding him in his last hours, there is nothing more valuable.

 

[Tarmo Tanilsoo]

My deepest sympathy goes out to the Eric's family.

Based on the posts in this thread, I think that an era has ended in the history of storm chasing. He'll be missed.

I am also joining in my opinions with Jeffrey Miller and ask if it is possible to save his web site for posterity by some means?

 

[fplowman]

My condolences to Erics friends and family.

 

[Marko Korosec]

My deepest condolences to Eric's family, Amos and to the rest of his closest friends...I am still shocked how something like this can happen to someone like him. He will be missed...

 

[JF Massicotte]

All my condolences to Eric's family and friends.

 

[Brian Stertz]

Rest in peace Eric...you are and will be missed incredibly out there on the chase trail. Truly a very sad day in the chaser community....makes a high risk bust look not all that bad.

 

[Shaba117]

Unfortuantely, I've never had the honor of meeting Mr. Nguyan, but I've heard so much about him and his awesome work.

Just like Jeff Wear, this is such a shame that death has to befall such great people right in the prime of their lives.

My condolences to Eric's family and friends...he will be greatly missed.

 

[Danny Neal]

Deepest condolences, shouldn't have happened, but at least now he can chase in the after life and not worry about a flat tire or a cap bust. Send my sympathies to his family, especially his boys who need to know what a great PERSON his father was and still is in many of our hearts. Sad day.