[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 2, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S5996]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          CARTNEY KOCH McRAVEN

  Mr. PRESSLER. Mr. President, I was saddened to learn the news last 
night that rescue workers in Oklahoma City discovered the body of 
Cartney Koch McRaven amid the rubble that once was the Alfred P. Murrah 
Federal Building.
  Cartney Koch McRaven was one American--not ordinary--extraordinary.
  Cartney graduated from Spearfish High School in 1993. She enlisted in 
the Air Force, whose members believe that the protection of freedom is 
the highest, most important public service. With devotion and honor she 
served her country. Her action was a tribute to the core values that 
make this country great.
  Cartney was only 19 years old. Newly married on April 15 to Shane 
McRaven, a fellow airman in the U.S. Air Force. She was stationed at 
Tinker Air Force Base. She had traveled to the Murrah Federal Building 
to register her new name on Federal documents. A new name. A new 
husband. About to start a new life. A life that will never be. A life 
cut short by the savagery of domestic terrorism. By murderers who kill 
their fellow citizens.
  Cartney had a beautiful life ahead of her. On behalf of the people of 
South Dakota, my wife Harriet and I extend our condolences to Cartney's 
family, friends, and loved ones.
  For Cartney and the other victims of the Oklahoma City tragedy, we 
must not let our commitment to freedom waiver. These cowards will be 
brought to justice. She and the others tragically killed in Oklahoma 
will not have died in vain.

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