[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 191 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING THE SHORT LIFE OF ANGELO ZOLTAN SCHWARTZ

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 13, 2011

  Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I am honored, yet saddened today 
to come to the floor to honor the short life of Angelo Zoltan Schwartz. 
The son of Lawrence Sanson Schwartz IV and his wife Allison, Angelo 
suffered from a rare bone disease, Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI). He was 
born on Monday, November 28, 2011 at 11:29 a.m., just one minute after 
his twin sister Cecilia Anne Schwartz. Angelo was 4 pounds 15 ounces 
and was delivered at INOVA Fairfax Hospital in Virginia.
  OI, which is a condition causing extremely fragile bones, was the 
main cause of Angelo's shortened life. Due to this condition his rib 
cage was fractured in utero and he succumbed to respiratory failure on 
December 1, 2011 at 3:45 a.m. Over his 64 hours of life, Angelo made a 
huge impact on everyone who met him, including the nursing and hospital 
administration staff, who worked together to modify hospital policy to 
ensure that the Schwartz family could spend as much time together as 
possible.
  Angelo is loved and will be missed by his entire family including his 
grandparents, Debrah and Barry Shulman of Fayetteville, New York; 
Joanne and Lawrence Schwartz III of Anaheim Hills, California; and his 
parents Allison and Lawrence Schwartz IV, and his sister Cecilia Anne 
Schwartz of Alexandria, Virginia.

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