[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 97 (Friday, July 22, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: July 22, 1994]
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 LIFESAVING EFFORT BRINGS TODD FOLMSBEE HIGHEST HONOR OF AMERICAN RED 
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                        HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 22, 1994

  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I was pleased to learn today that Todd W. 
Folmsbee of Stuyvesant, NY, will be awarded the American Red Cross 
Certificate of Merit for his extraordinary efforts to save the life of 
another district resident.
  This Tuesday, July 26, Mr. Folmsbee will receive the certificate and 
a lapel pin for his humanitarian act of November 29, 1993.
  On that day, Arthur Cassinera of Coxsackie was driving his wife, Mae, 
to Albany Medical Center Hospital when she began suffering chest pains. 
On the way he enlisted the help of State Trooper Carlos Cuprill, who 
decided to transport Mrs. Cassinera in his troop car.
  Mr. Folmsbee, a New York State thruway employee, helped Trooper 
Cuprill put Mrs. Cassinera in the troop car and continued administering 
CPR on her until reaching the hospital's emergency room. Unfortunately, 
Mrs. Cassinera died 1 hour after reaching the hospital.
  The American Red Cross commends both Trooper Cuprill and Mr. 
Folmsbee, and so should we all. The certificate Mr. Folmsbee will 
receive is the highest award given by the American Red Cross to someone 
who saves or sustains a life by using skills and knowledge learned in a 
Red Cross health and safety courses.
  Mr. Folmsbee's reaction reflects well on that training, as well as on 
the thruway authority. But it also exemplifies an example of the human 
spirit at its best, and that is the instinct to rise to the occasion 
when another human being is in danger.
  Mr. Speaker, I would ask all Members to join me in praise of that 
spirit, and specifically the selfless humanitarian act of Todd Folmsbee 
of Stuyvesant, NY.

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