LIMITED. WE’LL LOOK AHEAD TO THAT. AND YOUR WEEKEND COMING UP SCOTT. THANK YOU. STEPH. WELL, STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA CONTINUE TO MOURN THE LOSS OF JIMMIE GRACIE, THE U. A JUNIOR DIED IN BARCELONA NEARLY ONE WEEK AGO. WVTM 13. ZOE BLAIR JOINS US LIVE FROM THE CAMPUS WHERE A MEMORIAL MASS WAS HELD LAST NIGHT. ZOE IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL SCENE. YEAH. SCOTT SILVA, UNDERSTANDABLY A VERY EMOTIONAL SCENE. THEY’VE BEEN PAYING TRIBUTE TO JIMI GRACIE ALL ACROSS THIS CAMPUS, ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. I’M HERE AT DENNY CHIMES NOW, THE HEART OF THE CAMPUS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE QUAD. AND THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF STUDENTS HAVE COME TO PAY TRIBUTE TO HIM. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE DOZENS OF FLOWERS, LOTS OF PEOPLE LEAVING NOTES FOR HIM, ONE CALLING HIM A FRIEND, BROTHER, LEADER AND MENTOR, ANOTHER SAYING HE WAS A MIRROR OF CHRIST. ALL OF THEM SAYING HOW DEEPLY HE WILL BE MISSED. THEY’VE BEEN. THEY PAY TRIBUTE TO HIM. LAST NIGHT IN A MEMORIAL MASS, FRIENDS, CLASSMATES AND LOVED ONES FILLED THE CHAPEL AT SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI TO PRAY AND HONOR THE LIFE OF JIMI GRACIE. GRACIE WAS THE CHAPTER CHAPLAIN OF HIS FRATERNITY, THETA CHI. THOSE WHO GATHERED SAY GRACIE’S LEGACY WILL LIVE ON THROUGH THE PEOPLE HE TOUCHED. AND IN THE KINDNESS THEY SAY HE LEFT BEHIND, EVEN PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T KNOW HIM SAY THEY’RE LEANING ON THEIR FAITH AS THIS DEVASTATING LOSS HAS SHAKEN THE WHOLE CAMPUS. IT JUST BREAKS OUR HEART. AND SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO COME HERE AND SUPPORT HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND BE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, I THINK WE’RE ALL GROWING TOGETHER OF THIS BECAUSE OF THIS. BUT OVERALL, IT’S AWFUL AND WE’RE HERE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN ANY WAY WE CAN. SEVERAL OF THESE NOTES COMING FROM HIS FRATERNITY BROTHERS AT CHI, AND THEY’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HONORING HIM AGAIN TONIGHT WITH A VIGIL AT THEIR FRATERNITY HOUSE AT 7:00 LIVE IN TUSCALOOSA. ZOE BLAIR WVTM 13. ZOE. THANK YOU. WE’LL CONTINUE BRINGING YOU THE NEWEST INFORMATION AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO GRACIE’S DEATH CONTINUES OVERSEAS AND ONLINE, WE HAVE A WHOLE TIMELINE OF EVENTS THAT HAPPENED FROM THE MOMENT HE ARRIVED IN SPAIN FOR SPRING BREAK TO THE D
Friends, fraternity brothers remember Jimmy Gracey during memorial Mass at the University of Alabama
Students at the University of Alabama are leaning on each other as they cope with the loss of junior Jimmy Gracey, who died in Barcelona nearly a week ago.Emotions remain raw on campus following a memorial Mass held Monday at St. Francis of Assisi Chapel, where friends, classmates, and loved ones gathered to pray and honor Gracey’s life.Gracey was the chapter chaplain of his fraternity, Theta Chi. Those who gathered said Gracey’s legacy will live on through the people he touched, and in the kindness they say he left behind. Even people who didn’t know him are leaning on their faith as this devastating loss has shaken the whole campus.”The campus is feeling a big tragedy right now,” Meagan Carney, a student at The University of Alabama, said. “I mean, you walk around school and it’s a completely different feeling than I’ve felt before. I see some of the men in the fraternities hugging each other and crying at times where they are holding pictures of him and some notes and stuff like that. So, I think it’s just a feeling that I’ve never seen here before.”His fraternity brothers at Theta Chi continue to honor his life today, holding a vigil at their fraternity house Tuesday at 7 p.m.Many of Gracey’s fraternity brothers aided in search efforts until his body was found Thursday, the organization said.An initial examination of the body indicates Gracey drowned, according to Spanish newspaper El Periodico. Police believe that foul play has been ruled out and support the conclusion of a tragic accident.Security camera footage from Port Olímpic and witness accounts indicated he headed toward the water alone. Officers reviewed security camera footage, which captured the moment he fell into the sea, according to El Periodico.
Students at the University of Alabama are leaning on each other as they cope with the loss of junior Jimmy Gracey, who died in Barcelona nearly a week ago.
Emotions remain raw on campus following a memorial Mass held Monday at St. Francis of Assisi Chapel, where friends, classmates, and loved ones gathered to pray and honor Gracey’s life.
Gracey was the chapter chaplain of his fraternity, Theta Chi. Those who gathered said Gracey’s legacy will live on through the people he touched, and in the kindness they say he left behind. Even people who didn’t know him are leaning on their faith as this devastating loss has shaken the whole campus.
“The campus is feeling a big tragedy right now,” Meagan Carney, a student at The University of Alabama, said. “I mean, you walk around school and it’s a completely different feeling than I’ve felt before. I see some of the men in the fraternities hugging each other and crying at times where they are holding pictures of him and some notes and stuff like that. So, I think it’s just a feeling that I’ve never seen here before.”
His fraternity brothers at Theta Chi continue to honor his life today, holding a vigil at their fraternity house Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Many of Gracey’s fraternity brothers aided in search efforts until his body was found Thursday, the organization said.
An initial examination of the body indicates Gracey drowned, according to Spanish newspaper El Periodico. Police believe that foul play has been ruled out and support the conclusion of a tragic accident.
Security camera footage from Port Olímpic and witness accounts indicated he headed toward the water alone. Officers reviewed security camera footage, which captured the moment he fell into the sea, according to El Periodico.
