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Priest dies after heroic sea rescue
The Evening Standard (UK) ^ | 7/31/03 | quovadis

Posted on 07/31/2003 3:06:13 PM PDT by quovadis?

Priest dies after heroic sea rescue By Jeremy Charles, Evening Standard 31 July 2003

A Priest who dived into a stormy sea died after helping to save seven drowning children.

Father Stefano Garzegno, 44, suffered a fatal heart attack minutes after helping drag the last child ashore at Termoli on Italy's Adriatic coast.

Strong winds had made swimming conditions dangerous.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adriaticsea; catholiclist; children; heartattack; hero; italy; martyr; priests; stefanogarzegno; termoli
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1 posted on 07/31/2003 3:06:13 PM PDT by quovadis?
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To: quovadis?; valleygal; Scott from the Left Coast; AppyPappy; Coleus; Boxsford; null and void; ...
Wow. That is the most beautiful/saddess story I've read in a while.

BUMP!
2 posted on 07/31/2003 3:08:30 PM PDT by Calpernia ('Typos Amnesty Day')
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To: quovadis?
bump
3 posted on 07/31/2003 3:08:57 PM PDT by el_chupacabra (AMDG)
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To: sinkspur; ELS; BlackElk; Aquinasfan; NYer; Catholicguy; Desdemona; maryz; patent; narses; ...
Ping
4 posted on 07/31/2003 3:10:48 PM PDT by ninenot (Torquemada: Due for Revival Soon!!!)
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To: quovadis?
Thanks for the good story. My blood pressure was rising rapidly at your title.
5 posted on 07/31/2003 3:14:43 PM PDT by DCBryan1
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To: Sidebar Moderator
Change title to match article headline? Thanks.
6 posted on 07/31/2003 3:15:19 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: RedBloodedAmerican; Sidebar Moderator
After the vitriol that has been spewed at the Catholic Church today, for no better reason that the sheer bigotry of the posters doing the spewing, I think the title is fine as it is.
7 posted on 07/31/2003 3:18:39 PM PDT by B Knotts
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To: B Knotts
Titanic.
8 posted on 07/31/2003 3:19:27 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: quovadis?
May the good Father rest in peace and be rewarded with eternal life. Prayers for him and his family.
9 posted on 07/31/2003 3:25:15 PM PDT by TotusTuus
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To: 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; afraidfortherepublic; Alas; al_c; american colleen; annalex; ...
God Bless fr. Stefano Garzegno; these are the stories we seldom hear about.
10 posted on 07/31/2003 3:27:03 PM PDT by Coleus (God is Pro Life and Straight and gave an innate predisposition for self-preservation and protection)
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To: Calpernia
Thanks for the Ping
Great post
May the good Priest rest in the arms of our Lord.
Amen


11 posted on 07/31/2003 3:38:27 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Tag Lines Repaired While You Wait! Reasonable Prices! Fast Service!)
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To: quovadis?
Happy homecoming, Father.
12 posted on 07/31/2003 3:51:11 PM PDT by Bahbah
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To: quovadis?
Now that is a man!
13 posted on 07/31/2003 4:05:28 PM PDT by solzhenitsyn ("Live Not By Lies")
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To: solzhenitsyn
We all have to face our mortality some day, but not every death has to be meaningless. What a wonderful way to leave this world this good priest found!
14 posted on 07/31/2003 4:08:17 PM PDT by solzhenitsyn ("Live Not By Lies")
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To: Coleus
BTTT
15 posted on 07/31/2003 4:08:37 PM PDT by shaggy eel
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To: Uncle George
Ping
16 posted on 07/31/2003 4:12:43 PM PDT by Calpernia ('Typos Amnesty Day')
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Ping
17 posted on 07/31/2003 4:13:33 PM PDT by Calpernia ('Typos Amnesty Day')
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To: Calpernia
Greater love hath no man....

Rest in peace, Father Garzegno.
18 posted on 07/31/2003 4:46:24 PM PDT by Palladin (Proud to be a FReeper!)
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To: Calpernia
Thank you so much! What a beautiful article.
19 posted on 07/31/2003 4:48:06 PM PDT by Lady In Blue (Bush,Cheney,Rumsfeld,Rice 2004)
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ping
20 posted on 07/31/2003 4:49:09 PM PDT by Lady In Blue (Bush,Cheney,Rumsfeld,Rice 2004)
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