[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 43 (Thursday, April 6, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              IN RECOGNITION OF AVONDALE CUB SCOUT PACK 67

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 5, 2006

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
the young men of Avondale Pack 67 in Alexander City, Alabama, and also 
to den leader Laurie Carter for their work to preserve the memory of 
the crew of an Air Force aircraft which was lost in their community 
over a decade ago.
  April 17 marks the 11th anniversary of the crash of an Air Force C-21 
jet which was en route from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland to 
Randolph Air Force Base in Texas. The C-21 was transporting eight 
personnel including Air Force Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, the 
Honorable Clark G. Fiester, and Major General Glenn A. Profitt, II, 
when it suffered mechanical problems. The plane attempted to land at 
T.C. Russell Field in Alexander City.
  Tragically, the aircraft lost altitude and went down in a wooded area 
south of the airport, taking the lives of all aboard. A statement 
released from the Secretary of the Air Force at the time noted that, 
``Two of the Air Force's senior leaders were on board the plane.''
  The families of the victims of that tragedy left a small memorial on 
the site of the crash to remember their loved ones. But the site, which 
is heavily wooded, was grown over until the scouts of Pack 67 
intervened. On March 18 the scouts of Pack 67, hiked to the site of the 
memorial, cleared the brush and trimmed the trees that had covered it. 
They placed small U.S. flags for each of the eight Air Force personnel 
who lost their lives that day in 1995.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to personally salute the young men of Pack 
67 and their leader, Laurie Carter, for not only doing a good deed, but 
for honoring the memory of these fallen heroes. We can all learn from 
the example of these community-spirited scouts.

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