“Shad was our whole world and we were his,” Siliana Gaspard said in a statement.

She said the “outpouring of love” from friends, colleagues and fans around the world “has meant more to us than you can even imagine.”.

“Shad was and will always be our real life super hero,” she said.

A Twitter account for the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s lifeguard division said they performed 452 ocean rescues the weekend Gaspard went missing — marking “a busy weekend at the beach.”.

“Everyone of us is representing someone who was killed in action," said Tony Berlingeri