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An elderly couple, killed in South Carolina when a large tree fell on their home during Hurricane Helene, were found embracing each other in their bed, their grandson said. He is among hundreds of residents across six Southeastern U.S. states mourning the loss of their loved ones. The death toll surpassed 230 late Saturday.
The couple, identified as Marcia, 74, and Jerry, 78, from Beech Island, South Carolina, died as the hurricane raged outside, with winds strong enough to snap branches and uproot trees, The Associated Press quotedtheir grandson, John Savage, as saying.
Savage recounted there was a loud “boom” that signaled the tree’s impact on his grandparents’ bedroom. “All you could see was ceiling and tree,” Savage described. “They were found hugging one another,” he said, adding that the family believes it was “God’s plan to take them together, rather than one suffer without the other.”
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The couple, identified as Marcia, 74, and Jerry, 78, from Beech Island, South Carolina, died as the hurricane raged outside, with winds strong enough to snap branches and uproot trees, The Associated Press quotedtheir grandson, John Savage, as saying.
Savage recounted there was a loud “boom” that signaled the tree’s impact on his grandparents’ bedroom. “All you could see was ceiling and tree,” Savage described. “They were found hugging one another,” he said, adding that the family believes it was “God’s plan to take them together, rather than one suffer without the other.”
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Grandparents found hugging each other after fallen tree killed them in SC home; Helene death toll rises
An elderly couple, killed in South Carolina when a large tree fell on their home during Hurricane Helene, were found embracing each other in their bed, their grandson said He is among hundreds of
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