[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 102 (Wednesday, July 24, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1326]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING ALEXANDER MOULTON OF CLIFTON, TEXAS

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                           HON. CHET EDWARDS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 23, 2002

  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, the 11th Congressional District and Central 
Texas lost an outstanding young citizen and one of the leaders of the 
next generation with the untimely death in June of Alexander (Alex) 
Moulton of Clifton.
  Alex and his twin sister Alyson were born in Austin on December 14, 
1982, the children of Robert and Carol Moulton. In his all-too-brief 
life, Alex, lived in Texas, Virginia, New Hampshire and New Mexico 
before the family settled in Clifton, a city of approximately 3,500 
resident just north of Waco.
  On a hot Texas summer afternoon in June, Alex and a group of friends 
were swimming at nearby Lake Whitney when one of Alex's friends started 
struggling in the water. Two of the group ran for help and Alex went 
into the water to help his friend. Alex was able to keep the struggling 
swimmer afloat until help arrived, but by then, he was exhausted 
himself. Alex went under and stayed under. When his friends were able 
to pull him to shore, they could not resuscitate him. Alex Moulton, at 
19\1/2\ years of age, had given his life so that another could live.
  Losing a friend and a loved one is always a heavy burden, a loss made 
even harder to bear and more difficult to accept when it is someone 
with the promise of such a bright future. For Alex Moulton, who grabbed 
each minute of life with joy, and held on until he had wrung it dry of 
all the possibilities, every day sparkled and every tomorrow looked 
even more dazzling. This was the life that he sacrificed to help 
someone in trouble.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask the Members of the House of Representatives to 
join me in honoring and celebrating the life of Alex Moulton.

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