Heartbreaking final words of patriotic father moments before he died after putting lit firework on his head

The family of a man filmed dancing earlier putting a lit firework atop his caput person revealed his upsetting past words.

Allen Ray McGrew, 41, seldom drank, they said - arsenic circulating video continues to show nan last moments of his life successful a degrading light.

He's seen smoking a cigaret - and dancing - to bring successful The Fourth, while wearing an Uncle Sam outfit and apical chapeau while visibly inebriated.

The dad-of-one proceeded to put a ample firework connected apical of his chapeau that exploded and caused caput injuries that killed him instantly. He was pronounced dormant connected nan scene, extracurricular nan family's location successful South Carolina.

His wife, Paige McGrew, precocious revealed to The New York Post how conscionable earlier nan incident, he hugged her and his boy to show them, 'You are my rock, and you are my heart.'

'We're traumatized,' his son, Hunter McGrew, 20, added 2 days aft nan wide seen incident.

'He loved this state and looked guardant to celebrating each year,' stepmom Paige continued.

Both said nan begetter had been celebrating successful an 'all-out' manner because Hunter precocious sewage engaged.

He and Paige precocious wed arsenic well, marrying past twelvemonth aft making love since 2017, she said.

Photos connected her societal media show nan brace wearing matching 'Mr.' and 'Mrs.' shirts, while pictures connected his show him and Hunter done nan years.

The brace appeared exceedingly close, arsenic neighbors successful nan municipality of Summerville remembered McGrew arsenic 'the nicest guy' connected nan block. 

There, connected Thursday, a artifact statement was being held successful grant of nan holiday, during which nan McGrews and different residents fto disconnected fireworks while enjoying immoderate drinks.

The juncture was special, however, owed to Hunter's caller engagement, and Allen seemed group connected celebrating his soon-to-be daughter-in-law's induction into nan family pinch a spot of a show.

Dressed successful parotitic garb complete pinch a apical chapeau adorned pinch nan flag's characteristic stars and stripes, he placed nan firework connected his caput while doing a spot of a jig successful an effort to to 'show off,' Paige said pursuing nan incident Thursday.

The HVAC worker was recovered by first-responders laying dormant astatine nan segment from his consequent caput injuries, arsenic nan statement was brought to an abrupt end. 

The section coroner's agency said that nan exploding instrumentality had caused monolithic caput trauma that killed McGrew instantly, and successful an question and reply with the Post and Courier, his woman said she had been successful nan midst of telling him to extremity playing pinch nan firework erstwhile it erupted and he collapsed. 

'He was holding this firework complete his apical hat,' she told nan outlet, arsenic footage of nan incident continues to move online.

'I thought he was conscionable showboating earlier he group it connected nan ground. I didn’t recognize he had already lit it.'

She added Saturday really her hubby during his favourite holiday, aft telling nan Post and Courier earlier successful nan week: 'He was a patriot.

'He was proud of his son,' she continued. 'And he was excited to person a caller daughter-in-law. He was surviving his champion life past night.'

The Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office and Dorchester County Coroner’s Office are investigating nan incident, arsenic nan family said they are troubled by nan viral footage.

They told nan Post it falsely portrays him arsenic a 'drunken fool' - a portrayal that cannot  beryllium further from nan truth.

In reality, he was their stone - nan aforesaid compliment he graced them successful his last moments.

Meanwhile, nan clip continues to amass millions of views online, contempt its delicate nature.