[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 117 (Saturday, July 30, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H5786]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HAILING THE HEROISM OF DEAN AND DIANE PETITPREN

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I'm going to tell a story that 
just happened this past week, which I think is just a vivid display of 
the human spirit and heroism as well.
  There is a fellow named Michael Trapp who had a very lucky week. He 
was flying his Cessna airplane from his home in New York over to 
Wisconsin and unfortunately had engine problems. The air traffic 
control tower lost contact with him, and he crashed his airplane in 
Lake Huron.
  I represent a district in Michigan. If you think of a mitten, this 
fellow fortunately crashed his airplane right off the tip of the thumb 
here. The Coast Guard was having a full search and rescue. The Marine 
Division was out looking for him. A day went by. A night went by. They 
couldn't find this fellow. Some very good friends of mine, Dean and 
Diane Petitpren, were out boating in their boat, and Diane Petitpren 
sees a fellow waving his sock in the middle of Lake Huron, and they 
saved that man's life.
  I just think with everything happening in Washington here this week, 
it's good for us to take a moment and think about the human spirit and 
the people that have charitable and caring hearts.

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