College Student on Spring Break Drowns While Trying to Rescue Child: 'He Was the Absolute Best'
Layne Gravois.Photo: Facebook A 21-year-old college student who friends said was selfless to the end died on spring break while trying to rescue a child from rough waters in Florida. Layne Gravois, a junior electrical engineering student at Louisiana State University, died during a water rescue on Thursday in Miramar Beach, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office said in arelease. “He only went in the water to try and save him....