[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 112 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H7873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           TRIBUTE TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL IN NEVADA

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and commend the 
emergency medical personnel that responded with skill and excellence to 
a tour bus crash which occurred on September 7 in a remote area, 20 
miles north of Tonopah, Nevada.
  The accident scene was every EMT's worst nightmare; 41 passengers 
trapped inside a bus which had turned over on its side and skidded for 
over 300 feet. Yet in a record 69 minutes, emergency crews from three 
counties treated, stabilized, and transported all of the patients, many 
of them critically injured, to three area medical facilities.
  Mr. Speaker, although it is difficult to put into words the magnitude 
of this grave disaster, it is easy to express the respect and praise 
that I and my fellow Nevadans have for these emergency response 
personnel. Their commitment, courage, and dedication is an inspiration 
to every American. Forty-one people are living testimony today because 
of their heroism.
  So today, Mr. Speaker, to all of the men and women who responded to 
the September 7 crash, and to all emergency response personnel in 
America, we thank you for a job well done, and God bless.

                          ____________________