[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 44 (Thursday, March 29, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E492]
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         TRIBUTE TO BRYAN PAUL RICHMOND AND BRENDAN JAMES ALLAN

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                         HON. JOHN T. DOOLITTLE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 29, 2001

  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, today I wish to remember two of my young 
constituents, Bryan Paul Richmond and Brendan James Allan, whose lives 
were recently cut short in a tragic accident. On February 21, 2001, 
both seventeen-year-olds were killed by an avalanche while skiing 
between Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows. Although my words cannot fill 
the void that their passing has left in the lives of many people, I 
hope that I can bring a degree of comfort to their families in honoring 
them today.
  Bryan Paul Richmond and Brendan James Allan shared much in terms of 
common experience. Bryan was a senior at Truckee High School, while 
Brendan was in his last year at Prosser Creek Charter School, in 
Truckee. Both excelled academically and planned to attend college upon 
graduating. They also had a mutual love of skiing and were nationally 
ranked competitors with the Squaw Valley Ski Team. In fact, they were 
both named to the Far West Ski Team, an honor given to the top skiers 
in the Far West Division. They shared the dream of becoming members of 
the U.S. Ski Team one day.
  In a sad, but perhaps fitting twist of fate, these two friends who 
were born only one day apart, and who shared a talent and passion for 
skiing, left this world on the same day doing what they loved most. 
Their lives were claimed by the very mountains that had given them so 
much joy.
  Bryan is survived by his mother, Patti Robbins-Nicols, his father, 
Don Richmond, and his younger sister, Diane.
  Brendan leaves behind his mother, Shelly Allan Boone, his father Gary 
Allan, and his younger sister, Heather.
  May both families remember these young men with fondness whenever 
they gaze up at the majestic, snow-covered peaks of the Sierra Nevada 
Mountain Range. May they hear the exuberant laughter of two boys when 
the gusty mountain winds blow. May they sense great calm when the first 
snow of a new season blankets the world in silence. And may Bryan and 
Brendan rest in peace while their memory bums bright in the hearts of 
their loved ones.

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