A 53-year-old North Texas chiropractor was killed and two of his friends who went on their dream trip are missing after a flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon over the weekend, their families said.<\/p>\n
Dr. John Giusti, who worked as a chiropractor<\/a> at ChiroHabit in Granbury, was on a “dream trip” with his friends Brent Rosenkranz, 42, and Timothy Allen Smith, 53, when torrential rains caused waters to rapidly rise in the Bright Angel Creek area, according to a joint statement released Monday afternoon by their families, Star-Telegram media partner WFAA-TV reported.<\/p>\n Giusti and his friends entered the Grand Canyon on Friday, Aug. 28, on a multi-day hiking trip.<\/p>\n The search and rescue teams recovered Giusti’s body on Sunday evening near Crystal Rapids along the Colorado River. Ground and air crews continue their search for Smith, Rosenkranz and about a dozen other people who are unaccounted for.<\/p>\n “\u200bJohn was a real-life superhero to everyone<\/a> blessed enough to know him. As a dedicated chiropractor, he truly lived to treat and heal, pouring his soul into helping others move through the world with strength and comfort,” according to a GoFundMe post organized to support Giusti’s family. “Beyond his practice, he was a man of electric energy and boundless passion \u2014 an avid runner, an enthusiast of fast cars, and a massive fan of comic books and legendary heroes. Yet out of all the titles he carried, his absolute favorite was being a devoted father to his three daughters.”<\/p>\n “To the community, he was a gifted healer. To his friends, a powerhouse of life. To his daughters, he was their ultimate hero. To me, he was my whole world,” his wife, Janet Giusti, wrote in the post.<\/p>\n