Grandparents found hugging one another after fallen tree killed them in their South Carolina home

South Carolina couple killed by fallen tree found hugging in last moments, grandson says

A married couple in their 70s were killed when a tree crashed through the roof of a South Carolina home as Hurricane Helene raged across the Southeastern U.S. They were identified as 78-year-old Jerry Savage and 74-year-old Marcia Savage, of Beech Island. A coroner with the Aiken County Coroner’s Office pronounced them dead at the scene, according to authorities. John Savage, their grandson, said the two were found hugging one another in their b…

Grandparents found hugging each other after fallen tree killed them in their home

John Savage said his grandparents were found hugging one another in the bed, adding that the family thinks it was God's plan to take them together, rather than one suffer without the other.

Grandparents found hugging after being killed during Hurricane Helene

South Carolina residents Marcia and Jerry Savage were found dead, lying in bed and hugging each other, after a tree fell on their bedroom during Hurricane Helene.

South Carolina grandparents killed by fallen tree during Helene are found hugging each other

A South Carolina couple were found hugging each other after a tree fell on their bedroom and killed them.

Couple killed by tree during Hurricane Helene found hugging each other in their South Carolina bedroom

Marcia and Jerry Savage are among the more than 200 people who died in one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history.

Grandparents Found Hugging One Another After Fallen Tree Killed Them in Their South Carolina Home

As Hurricane Helene roared outside, the wind howling and branches snapping, John Savage went to his grandparents’ bedroom to make sure they were OK. “We heard one snap and I remember going back there and checking on them,” the 22-year-old said of his grandparents, Marcia, 74, and Jerry, 78, who were laying in bed. “They were both fine, the dog was fine.” But not long after, Savage and his father heard a “boom”—the sound of one of the biggest tre…