[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 19 (Thursday, February 28, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H638]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING MICHAEL DUNCAN, JR.

  (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, it has been more than 5 months since the 
terrible terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. 
And since that fateful day, thousands of dedicated Americans have 
united to help build this country. Today I rise, Mr. Speaker, to 
recognize one of those great Americans, Mr. Michael Duncan, Jr., who 
was the only Nevadan deployed from the Disaster Mortuary Operational 
Response Team, also known as DMORT. DMORT is a Federal-level response 
team which provides mortuary assistance in cases of mass fatality 
incidents like September 11.
  Unfortunately, due to the heinous acts of the terrorists, our Nation 
has had to call upon DMORT for assistance at Ground Zero in New York 
City.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like today to recognize the efforts of DMORT and 
specifically of Mr. Michael Duncan. On behalf of a grateful Nation, I 
thank him for his dedicated effort to a stressful, tragic and demanding 
job but a job which has to be done. Mr. Duncan serves as a role model 
for Nevadans and for all Americans.

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