LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Wednesday afternoon at Moncus Park friends and family gathered for a memorial to remember the life of Tiger Bech, one of the victims of the New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. 

Lance Strother, Tiger's former wide receivers coach and the director of Ministry and Outreach at St. Thomas More Catholic High School. 

“Tiger's siblings had reached out just within the dizziness and mayhem of the wake of this death, not knowing really what to do, just ask actually, as a surprise gift to their parents, if the community would show up and just show the love. Love is all we have right now,” said Strother.

The Bech family looked on from a second floor window of the Moncus Park office, where they could maintain their privacy. 

“It was a short notice," Storther said. "But the number of people that packed into this place was a beautiful testament and witness to the love that Tiger showed with everybody around during his time here and how much people loved him and his family.” 

Tiger’s football jersey with the number 7 was dedicated to him. 

“It’s a great number, because this number symbolically is God's number." Strother said. "It’s a very symbolic number from the Bible. It means completion. It means perfection. It's used over 700 times in the Old Testament and the New Testament. It’s Tiger's number. His life is complete."

Toward the end of the memorial everyone grabbed hands and raised it in the air to show the family they are not alone. Then the number 7 for Tiger and a heart to show the family they are loved. 

“Tiger was full of life kind of spark plug," Strother said. "He squeezed the bone marrow out of life. He did in high school and he did, I think, all the way through the end. He is a kind, intelligent, generous, thoughtful soul and our connection with him will live forever in the love that we share with him and his family.” 

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