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GRAY - Layne Gravois, a teenager who drowned while saving a young boy from a rip current in 2021, was posthumously awarded the Carnegie Medal of extreme heroism. ....
DUNWOODY, Ga. â The Dunwoody City Council was set this week to revisit an ordinance that would reduce the minimum land area required for a planned development, which includes some modifications discussed at its previous session. The revised proposal calls for a minimum contiguous land area of 200,000 square feet (4.5 acres) if all or part of the land is âlocated in a suburban neighborhood character area or in the Institutional/Campus character area as established in the comprehensive plan.â In all other areas, the planned development must have a minimum contiguous land area of 1.5 acres, according to revised ordinance. The ordinance also reflected several conditions recommended by the Dunwoody Planning Commission, including the provision that the commission could defer the matter up to three times. On the fourth deferral, the matter would be moved forward to the council without recommendation. ....
DUNWOODY, Ga. â Dunwoody resident Kim McGrady, who died April 8 while saving swimmers caught in a riptide at a Miramar, Fla. beach, was described as âan amazing son, father and husbandâ at a memorial service last week. More than 300 people attended the April 14 service, held at Perimeter Church Outdoor Chapel in Johns Creek. McGrady, who was a field operations manager at Chick-fil-A, saved three people before succumbing to the riptide. Another man, Layne Gravois, of Gray, La., 21, also died in the incident. Friends and members of McGradyâs family, including his daughter Kaleigh, son Colton, and wife Leigh Anne, spoke at the service, emphasizing McGradyâs selflessness, faith and dedication to his friends and family. ....
Updated: 9:45 AM PDT, April 15, 2021 Layne Gravois, of Louisiana, was part of a human chain dozens of people long that was formed to try to save a child who was caught in a dangerous riptide. The chain broke about 50 people down the line. He was rushed to a hospital, but could not be saved. A 21-year old Louisiana college student drowned while trying to rescue a child from a dangerous rip tide while he was vacationing with friends in Florida on Spring Break. The tragedy took place at Miramar Beach on April 8. The Walton County Sheriff’s closed waters in the county after more than a dozen people were pulled from the Gulf of Mexico that day due to extremely dangerous conditions of high surf and riptides, according to a statement from the Walton County Sheriff’s Department. ....
LSU student dies trying to rescue boys from rip current at Florida beach 4 hours 5 minutes 43 seconds ago Tuesday, April 13 2021 Apr 13, 2021 April 13, 2021 5:45 PM April 13, 2021 in News Source: WWL-TV Photo: WWL-TV MIRAMAR BEACH - An LSU student on spring break in Florida drowned after trying to rescue two people from a rip current. WWL-TV reports 21-year-old Layne Gravois of Gray was on a trip April 8 with two Nicholls State University students in Miramar Beach when they spotted the boy in distress and tried to help. Family members said Gravois was pulled from the water but later died. The other two students were also hurt in the rescue. ....