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Alabama swimmer killed in storms credited with saving girlfriend’s life
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:56 pm
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Anna Rae Gwarjanksi, a senior swimmer at the school, tweeted that Servati died a hero and held up a "concrete wall long enough for his girlfriend to get out from under it before it collapsed again on him."
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Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:57 pm to C
Dude is a hero. God bless him.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:57 pm to C
Oh damn
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:58 pm to C
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:58 pm to C
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:59 pm to C
Honor student, captain of the team, and by all accounts a great person.
Why can't the dickheads die instead of people like this?
This guy held up a frickING HOUSE and saved lives. Crazy and heroic.
Why can't the dickheads die instead of people like this?
This guy held up a frickING HOUSE and saved lives. Crazy and heroic.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 1:00 pm to C
Quoted because he deserves it:
The University of Alabama confirmed Thursday that a 21-year-old member of its swim team, John Servati of Tupelo, Miss., was killed Monday night when storms swept through the city.
Tuscaloosa city spokeswoman Deidre Stalnaker said Servati, a dean's list student, was taking shelter in the basement of a house off campus when a retaining wall collapsed.
Anna Rae Gwarjanksi, a senior swimmer at the school, tweeted that Servati died a hero and held up a "concrete wall long enough for his girlfriend to get out from under it before it collapsed again on him."
Phillip Deaton, the captain of the school's swim team, told The Tuscaloosa News that "John was a hero every day, just constantly doing great things, so the fact that he did that doesn't surprise me at all."
He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Stalnaker said the accident happened at a home on 22nd Avenue about 10:30 p.m. when the city was under a tornado warning.
Servati competed in three events at the Southeastern Conference championships last year. He was a dean’s list student and was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Alabama Emergency Management Agency spokesman Brian Corbett says the student is one of three weather-related deaths in Alabama. The others were in Limestone County.
The University of Alabama confirmed Thursday that a 21-year-old member of its swim team, John Servati of Tupelo, Miss., was killed Monday night when storms swept through the city.
Tuscaloosa city spokeswoman Deidre Stalnaker said Servati, a dean's list student, was taking shelter in the basement of a house off campus when a retaining wall collapsed.
Anna Rae Gwarjanksi, a senior swimmer at the school, tweeted that Servati died a hero and held up a "concrete wall long enough for his girlfriend to get out from under it before it collapsed again on him."
Phillip Deaton, the captain of the school's swim team, told The Tuscaloosa News that "John was a hero every day, just constantly doing great things, so the fact that he did that doesn't surprise me at all."
He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Stalnaker said the accident happened at a home on 22nd Avenue about 10:30 p.m. when the city was under a tornado warning.
Servati competed in three events at the Southeastern Conference championships last year. He was a dean’s list student and was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Alabama Emergency Management Agency spokesman Brian Corbett says the student is one of three weather-related deaths in Alabama. The others were in Limestone County.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 1:01 pm to C
Well...that really sucks.
Damned heroic though.
Damned heroic though.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 1:04 pm to C
Plenty of heroes in that storm system. While not an Alabama swimmer or "famous" in any way, may I submit....
Arkansas Air National Guardsman killed in Sunday's tornado while saving his child
Arkansas Air National Guardsman killed in Sunday's tornado while saving his child
Posted on 5/1/14 at 1:05 pm to C
That's awesome.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 1:05 pm to C
They've been talking about him on the TV up here since it happened. Dude lived a hero and died a hero. This world needs more young men like him.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 1:10 pm to TheCaterpillar
quote:
Why can't the dickheads die instead of people like this?
Bc the dickheads don't do the type of things this guy did.
RIP.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 1:11 pm to C
God bless that kid.
Truly a hero.
Truly a hero.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 1:42 pm to CajunSoldier225
Very sad. The world would be a better place if there were more people like this young man. May God rest his soul. 
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:01 pm to LSURoss
quote:
Bc the dickheads don't do the type of things this guy did
Was just about to post this
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:03 pm to lsufan_26
At least we can run from hurricanes. Just awful.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:04 pm to C
Sad stuff
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:06 pm to C
Didn't this happen to one of their football players a few years ago as well?
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:07 pm to C
The good die young. Young man was a hero.
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