Father drowns saving 3 people's lives

DUNWOODY, Ga. — Family and friends are remembering a Dunwoody father after he died saving the lives of three people struggling to swim off the Florida coast.

Kim McGrady died while on vacation last week in Miramar Beach. His friends are calling him a hero and said they are not surprised that he rushed to help others.

“He was the walking embodiment of what it meant to have a good name on this earth,” Travis Williamson told Channel 2′s Mike Petchenik.

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Williamson met McGrady while working for Chick-Fil-A, but they quickly forged a close