LETTERS FROM DABO - Part 4

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Dabo Swinney's extraordinary ability to lift a football program is known to everyone who even casually follows the sport.

But what about his gift, equally extraordinary, of lifting the spirits of those who are going through periods of struggle?

These to-date unpublicized gestures -- random acts of Dabo, if you will -- are very much worthy of being documented in a more official, complete form.

So Tigerillustrated.com reached out to a number of people who have shared their own behind-the-scenes stories with us.

ALSO SEE: LETTERS FROM DABO - Part 1 | LETTERS FROM DABO - Part 2 | LETTERS FROM DABO - Part 3

Here is Part 4.

Joe Sanders remembers being whisked away from his running club as an 8-year-old, arriving at his grandparents' house and seeing a line of cars in the driveway.

Family members weren't speaking and had tears in their eyes.

Something was wrong. Really wrong.