Jerry and Marcia Savage's daughter told USA TODAY her late parents hugged so tightly in their Beech Island home, they had to be pulled apart.

A South Carolina couple were found by responders hugging each other after they were killed when a tree from Hurricane Helene crashed onto their home. Marcia Savage, 74, and her husband Jerry Savage, 78,

John Savage says he checked on his grandparents in their bedroom as Hurricane Helene roared outside This photo provided by Laurel Lindsay shows Marcia and Jerry Savage, who were killed by a tree that fell and crushed their bedroom during Hurricane Helene.

South Carolina residents Marcia and Jerry Savage were found dead, lying in bed and hugging each other, after a tree fell on their bedroom during Hurricane Helene.

"My grandpa apparently heard the tree snap beforehand and rolled over to try and protect my grandmother," the couple's grandson recalled

When they pulled them out of there, my grandpa apparently heard the tree snap beforehand and rolled over to try and protect my grandmother."