[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 50 (Friday, April 22, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E747]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IN RECOGNITION OF `HERO OF THE STORM' NOMINEES

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                          HON. JOHN T. SALAZAR

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 21, 2005

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the crew of the St. 
Mary's Hospital Careflight Unit in Grand Junction, Colorado.
  Pilot Richard Fowler, Nurse Mary Bagshaw and Bradley Brown have been 
nominated for the Hero of the Storm award, in recognition of their 
courageous actions when their medical airlift plane was downed in the 
Rocky Mountains during a winter storm. The crew defied the odds, 
survived in the freezing weather and saved the life of a 2-year-old 
patient already in poor condition.
  I am humbled by their strength and perseverance in the face of such 
hardship. We all salute the bravery of these three extraordinary 
people, who risked their lives to save others. These everyday citizens 
embody the values of courage and duty and we should all live by their 
example.

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