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The Next Chapter: When Adversity Hit, Nico Giarratano Redirected His Journey

"I've got to get out of here."

Where were you when COVID-19 forced the world into quarantine? Not many people understand the scope of how widespread the pandemic is better than USF Baseball alumnus Nico Giarratano, more than 6,000 miles from home in March 2020.

"I'm stuck in my apartment in Italy, in this little town called Ravenna," Giarratano reflects. "I'm like, 'I've got to get out of here'. At the time, (the United States government) declared that they were banning travel between here and there."

"So I got a flight through the night and flew home.