[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 20 (Thursday, February 7, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E131]
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  HONORING MARSHALL HENTHORNE, NICK NULL, JEFFERY SHOWALTER, AND MARK 
                  STRICKLAND FOR THEIR HEROIC EFFORTS

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                       HON. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 7, 2008

  Mrs. CAPITO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Marshall Henthorne, 
Nick Null, Jeffery Showalter, and Mark Strickland for their heroic 
efforts in responding to a tractor-trailer accident.
  On December 10, 2007 a tractor trailer flipped over the side of the 
Interstate 64 Bridge in Charleston, West Virginia and fell 80 feet into 
the Kanawha River. The two men in the tractor trailer were submerged in 
the cold waters of the Kanawha River and trapped in the cab for nearly 
20 minutes.
  Corporal Nick Null of the Charleston Police Department was the first 
on the scene to aid the rescue efforts. Lieutenant Mark Strickland of 
the Charleston Police Department and firefighters Jeffery Showalter and 
Marshall Henthorne of the Charleston Fire Department all worked to cut 
the top of the cab to get the two men, Huseen Awad, and Phillip 
Chaizoi, 57 of Columbus, Ohio to safety.
  These four men demonstrated courage and selflessness and in diving 
into the cold, swift, current of the Kanawha River to save the lives of 
these two men. Both men were rushed to Charleston Area Medical Center 
and sent to the intensive care unit where Chaizoi was listed under 
evaluation and Awad later perished.
  I am proud to honor Marshall Henthorne, Nick Null, Jeffery Showalter, 
and Mark Strickland as hometown heroes and I'm proud to call them 
fellow, West Virginians.

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