#community-memorial

#community-memorial

Austin's cricket club, Ferntree Gully, posted on Facebook on Thursday calling on people to put your bats out for Benny, replicating the gesture that followed Hughes' death. Dozens of other posts under the hashtag #batsoutforben have followed, highlighting the impact the incident has had on Australia's cricket community. Cricket Victoria's chief executive, Nick Cummins, was emotional in addressing media on Thursday.

"He's part of a brotherhood-just like the NYPD, FDNY, and EMS," said fellow security guard and doorman Michael Nared. "We're a unique group of people who do the job we do."

Ibis was a great human being with a peaceful soul, not one violent part in his body, and never harmed anyone. For his life to be cut short doing what he loved is unexplainable.