13-year-old Gracie Johnson survived a mountain of rocks that came crashing down at a popular mountain trail outside Denver because her father (Now Dead) jumped on top of her to protect her as the rocks were coming down. Her mother, sister and two cousins were not that lucky as they died in the Rock slide like her dad. She was pulled out from under the rubble by a rescuer who saw a hand sticking out. She's here today, Gracie said.
The horrifying deaths have shaken the 3,000 residents of Buena Vista. But no one was surprised at what Gracie's dad, Dwyane Johnson, did. That's the kind of thing people here expected from the electrician and part-time assistant high school football coach. "He would have done the same for any of our children, absolutely," a family friend said. "We may never get over this." Gracie will never, either. But she'll grow up knowing her dad was a hero.
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