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re: Remembering John Servati - UA Swimmer killed in the April 28, 2014 tornado
Posted on 5/4/21 at 12:46 pm to Alabama_Fan
Posted on 5/4/21 at 12:46 pm to Alabama_Fan
Over the weekend from his hometown newspaper in Tupelo
Recalling the Tupelo Spirit of 2014
Recalling the Tupelo Spirit of 2014
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One death was reported in the aftermath. A women died when her car left the road near Verona.
Hours later, Tupelo would learn the heartbreaking news of the death of native son John Servati, a University of Alabama swimmer, who had taken shelter in Tuscaloosa with his girlfriend. A rush of flood waters as a result of the storm caused a retaining wall of their shelter to collapse. Servati died heroically as he saved the young woman.
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