His story reminds me of Felix Rodriguez de la Fuente. Felix was a spanish naturalist who had an acclaimed weekly program on TV in the 60s and 70s and filmed the best documentaries of natural wildlife ever produced in Spain, "The Man and the Earth". All my generation grew up knowing and loving natural wildlife thanks to Felix Rodriguez de la Fuente.
He was filming the "Iditarod", the famous sled dog race held in Alaska, for one of the episodes of "The Man and The Earth" in April 1981, when his small plane crashed into the ground. All 4 people on board, Felix, the pilot, the cameraman and an assistant died in the crash. Felix had said just minutes before taking the plane... "what a wonderful place to die..."
I was 20 when Felix Rodriguez de la Fuente died. I remember I cried when I heard the news.
Some people have the power to enlighten the lives of other people. In their own special way, Steve and Felix are among those people. They lived their lives as they wanted to... and died doing what they loved most.