John Servati saved the life of his girlfriend during his final hours
on Earth, but he “was a hero every day,” According to one of his
friends.
“He had just a genuine heart,” Phillip Deaton, captain of the University of Alabama swimming team, of which Servati was a member, told Tuscaloosa News. “He cared about every one of his teammates.”
According to WSFA, 21-year-old Servati died in the basement of a Tuscaloosa, Ala., home Monday night, as severe weather ripped through the South. He and his girlfriend had been seeking shelter from a tornado
when a wall, which had been weakened by heavy rain, collapsed on Servati. The swimmer was pronounced dead at an Alabama hospital shortly after. Anna Rae Gwarjanski, a fellow University of Alabama swimmer who said on Twittershe’s been in contact with Servati’s family, tweeted that the swimming star died while saving his girlfriend’s life.
“He had just a genuine heart,” Phillip Deaton, captain of the University of Alabama swimming team, of which Servati was a member, told Tuscaloosa News. “He cared about every one of his teammates.”
According to WSFA, 21-year-old Servati died in the basement of a Tuscaloosa, Ala., home Monday night, as severe weather ripped through the South. He and his girlfriend had been seeking shelter from a tornado
when a wall, which had been weakened by heavy rain, collapsed on Servati. The swimmer was pronounced dead at an Alabama hospital shortly after. Anna Rae Gwarjanski, a fellow University of Alabama swimmer who said on Twittershe’s been in contact with Servati’s family, tweeted that the swimming star died while saving his girlfriend’s life.
Wow he truly loved this woman. He's one in a million. He was the best man that u could ve.
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