[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 7 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E105-E106]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO DORIAN DAVID ROREX

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                        HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 5, 1998

  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, January 15, 1998, tragedy 
struck Northwest Indiana when Dorian David Rorex, a police officer with 
the Gary Police Department, was fatally shot by a drug dealer. Dorian 
made the ultimate sacrifice by giving his life in the effort to protect 
our community. On the day he was killed, Dorian was working with a team 
of detectives in an undercover sting operation to put illegal drug 
dealers behind bars. In the process of making the arrest, however, a 
drug dealer turned on Dorian and fired his gun repeatedly, putting an 
abrupt end to the life of a man who had been dedicated to helping 
protect others.
  The black bunting that hung over the police station door in Gary, 
Indiana, was a reminder of the sadness that hung on the hearts of all 
the people who have been affected by this terrible incident. It 
affected all the citizens of Northwest Indiana who suffered loss, 
knowing that the plague of illegal drugs and the violence they breed 
had taken the life of a courageous public servant who had been working 
to protect them. Dorian's colleagues, the officers who knew him and 
worked with him, are now forced to deal with the pain and anger of a 
lost partner. Most of all Dorian's family, his mother, father, fiance, 
and his young son, David, must face this terrible pain that this 
tragedy has brought them. They must now struggle to come to terms with 
their painful loss.
  As we all work to move on from this point, we can take solace from 
the Bible and St. Paul, who said: ``Let us not grow weary in doing 
good. For in due season we shall reap

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if we do not lose heart.'' Dorian Rorex did not grow weary of doing 
good, and he did not lose heart. In all of his life's endeavors he 
worked to help people. He was a member of Tarrytown Baptist Church and 
a graduate of West Side High School. He was a veteran of the United 
States Marine Corps, who served in Operation Desert Storm. While 
serving as a member of the Gary Police Department he was a member of 
the Fraternal Order of Police, the S.W.A.T. team, and served as an 
Honor Guardsman.
  Dorian's life ended too soon, but his life was full, and he lived it 
with honor and a sense of duty to others. In all of our endeavors to 
make our community safe, we were encouraged by his energy. We were made 
young by his enthusiasm, and, when things weren't perfect, we were 
warmed by his friendship. His commitment to his colleagues, his 
department and his city was complete. Dorian's love for his family was 
absolute. And, though we'll never know ``Why?'' Dorian was taken from 
us, we can take heart in knowing that at least part of the reason he 
gave his life was so that the world his son, David, inherits will be 
the best he could make it. And with that, in some small way, we can all 
try to make sure that Dorian's hope for a better world for David, and 
all of our sons and daughters, is fulfilled.

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