WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The identity of the Kansas man who was killed by a lightning strike in Italy was confirmed on Thursday.
Now the community is remembering Dylan Standfast — a person they loved.
Adventurous, humorous, inspiring and hospitable are just a few words used to describe Standfast. He towered over most of his peers, but they said he was the embodiment of a “gentle giant.”
“He never met a stranger,” Anna Gabriel, a friend of Standfast’s, said. “As soon as you met him, you were friends. I don’t think he ever had anyone that didn’t like him, didn’t get along with him. Everyone liked him.”
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Gabriel met Standfast through St. Paul’s Catholic Church. They went on multiple road trips and attended Wichita State together…