[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 115 (Thursday, September 12, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1567]
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   HOUSE RESOLUTION 5367--TO NAME THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
 OUTPATIENT CLINIC IN HORSHAM, PENNSYLVANIA, THE ``VICTOR J. SARACINI 
           DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OUTPATIENT CLINIC''

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                         HON. JOSEPH M. HOEFFEL

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 12, 2002

  Mr. HOEFFEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the 
resolution that Representative Greenwood and I introduced yesterday, 
which will name the new Veterans clinic in Horsham, Pennsylvania after 
Victor J. Saracini, a distinguished veteran and victim of the attacks 
on September 11.
  Victor J. Saracini served his country with great pride as an 
exemplary technical coordinator aboard S-3A fighterjets on the U.S.S. 
Saratoga. He served in the Naval Reserve at the Naval Air Station Joint 
Reserve Base, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, until his honorable discharge 
as lieutenant in 1985. Victor Saracini was the recipient of the 
National Defense Service Medal, the Navy E Ribbon, and the Expert 
Marksmanship Ribbon.
  On the morning of September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked the Los 
Angeles-bound airplane that Captain Saracini was piloting, and reset 
course for the South Tower of the World Trade Center, killing everyone 
on board and murdering hundreds of other innocent civilians inside the 
building. These innocent victims, Mr. Saracini included, represent our 
nation's first casualties in this war on terror.
  To honor the life of Victor Saracini, devoted aviator, distinguished 
veteran, and proud defender of America's freedom, is to honor all 
victims of September 11 and their families. I urge my colleagues to 
support this resolution, and I call on the House Veterans Affairs 
Committee to pass this resolution and bring it to the floor of the 
House of Representatives as soon as possible.

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