By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
18-year old Max Tudor, a swimmer with the Harnett County Aquatic Club in Buies Creek, North Carolina, died on Friday night. He was involved in an automobile crash on slick roads.
Tudor was preparing to start college at Campbell University, where he already worked as a lifeguard and swim instructor.
His father Sean Tudor posted memories of his son in an emotional Facebook post on Monday.
The post read, in part: “He led with his heart. He lived with his heart. He cared with his heart. He thought with his heart. He hugged with his heart. I have never encouratered someone who cared as much as he did, loved so unconditionally, and was so wise beyond his years.”
Max has a younger sister Ireland and two brothers, Gabe and Zane.
Local families have rallied together to raise money to support the Tudor family in paying for Max’s funeral. That includes Chris George and Shannon George, who started a GoFundMe account that, as of posting, has raised almost $8,000.
Max Tudor and his siblings. (Thanks to Molly Dunbar)
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