Why are so many mourning the loss of Paul Walker

I have seen this question on just about every social networking site. Questions such as "he was rich and famous lets move on", " he wasn't jesus" "why feel sorry for someone who was speeding". I know myself in general, took his death extremely hard. Its been a little over a week since Mr.Walker left this earth and I still find myself tearing up at the thought of him. So even I had to sit back and wonder…. Why am I taking this so hard? did I know him personally? Nope can't say I did. Ever spoke to him in person? Nope. But as I layer in bed it really kinda hit me why. When I was younger I never really saw my dad. He worked two jobs so was gone almost the entire day. I just new him as dad not really knowing what that was, all I knew that a day out with dad meant a day with cars. My dad was a father to two girls. So he was hell bent on teaching us a thing or two about cars since he didn't have a son. I remember how excited I would be if I was the one my dad choice to go to the track or car show. I instantly feel in love. The smell of gasoline and rubber. Watching the seconds of how fast a car just sped down the track with my dad yelling, "Ash do you know what gear he was in?". To me cars= dad. even though we didn't spend much time together when I was growing up I remember those moments. They stuck with me .Even to this day when you look out onto the interstate and its completely clear that you put your foot down on the gas pedal and you just feel the adrenaline inside pump as you watch the numbers rise 45,55,75,85,90…. when your heart gets to pumping and at that moment you know your alive because you feel it all over your body that to me is what I think Paul Walker lived for. For any gear head when the "FAST and THE FURIOUS" came out was such a huge deal. Before that moment street racing wasn't really heard of, or at least you didn't talk about it. Fast cars was meant for the race track.  I remember sitting there on the couch watching that movie with my dad and thinking holy shit is this real life? There are even badass girls in the car scene? ...oh I wanted a man like Paul Walkers character Bryan and wanted to be just like Michelle Rodriguez (I even dyed my hair almost black because she had dark hair ha). It was a movement. In class thats all you heard about was cars,imports,car parts and how fast people would drive one day when we all go our license. It was HUGE!! I mean how many neon green eclipses did you see after that movie? Had you even heard about NOS? Probably not. So to many people as myself who have a genuine love for cars and everything speed we look to Paul Walker and Vin diesel for really making it popular and making it not so much an underground thing as it was a cool thing. To many they look to these men as their heroes. People they tried to copy or even (gasp) be like. As each movie came out you just felt like you really knew them. Like you where part of there click that you so badly wanted to be a part of. But in the car scene comes death by the wheel… its always on the back of any gear heads head…hey if I go this fast I could crash and die. But when your foot hits that gas pedal it just doesn't cross your mind till you have a close call and go holy shit!!!! But for Paul it wasn't just a close call. What happened to him is what at the end of the day we all fear… he died…in a crash…by a car…by speed…by doing the one thing he loved so much!! That is so heartbreaking. He was A father! He was a son! and he was many peoples best friend. To some he wasn't just an actor. He was someone you invested years with. Patiently waiting to see what crazy thing he was gonna do in a car on the big screen. I think to most like me he was associated with cars and to me like I've said cars equal memories. Car meets with your friends. Spending hours tweaking with your car. And now he's gone. This guy we have watched countless number of times get out of ever situation possible in the movies. But this is real life there is none to call cut and as sad as it is to say Mr.Walker isn't gonna walk away from this one and give you that coy smile like he does on the big screen. So as I still pray for his daughter, family and friends before bed at night I will continue to mourn a beautiful soul gone. Doing what he loved but at the end of the day he is still gone. So the next time you get on a social network or even think to yourself "gah why are these people still talking about this actor". to some he was so so so much more. Rest in love Paul Walker as Im sure like many other we wish you could see how many people truly had so much love and respect for you. When I go out I could only pray I leave even half as much of an impact on anyone as that man did.  Until we meet again friends-    ASH