[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 116 (Friday, September 13, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1577-E1578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        IN HONOR OF LARRY GREENE

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                            HON. JANE HARMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 13, 2002

  Ms. HARMAN. Mr. Speaker, award winning news cameraman, Larry Greene 
is the latest victim in America's ongoing fight against terrorism.
  Larry was working on a special assignment in the Persian Gulf for Los 
Angeles based KCBS news. On Friday, September 6th, he boarded a U.S. 
Navy helicopter to capture on

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film U.S. military personnel as they boarded a Syrian freighter 
suspected of carrying smuggled Iraqi oil. Minutes later, the helicopter 
crashed into the ocean, killing Larry and injuring four American 
sailors.
  In his more than 25 years as an investigative journalist, Larry 
Greene won more than 40 prestigious journalist awards. Among them 
dozens of Emmys, Golden Mikes, Press Photographer Association awards, 
and the prestigious Alfred 1. Dupont-Columbia University Award. Just 
last year, Larry was named ``photo journalist of the year'' by the 
Southern California Media Association.
  In addition to his service in the Persian Gulf, Larry exhibited great 
bravery by taking on other extremely dangerous assignments such as the 
El Salvador and Armenian earthquakes, the civil unrest in Haiti, and 
the events in Saudi Arabia immediately following the September 11th 
attacks.
  I had the privilege of working with Larry when he came to Washington 
during the Anthrax attacks last October to interview Congressional 
Members and policy leaders.
  My constituents and I will miss the work of this intensely talented 
newsman who was dedicated to bringing the news from far away home to 
all of us. Our prayers are with his wife Diana, and their two sons, 
Clayton and Connor, as well as his colleagues and friends at KCBS.

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