[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 24, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN B.B. BRAZILE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to salute a gentle giant by the 
name of Captain Brazile, a hero, a man who died in the line of fire, 
and a man who many of us got to know and love.
  He started in the Houston Fire Department at the age of 19, and he 
was called Baby Boy. That ultimately became B.B. Everyone who came in 
the distance of his heart and mind said that Captain Brazile was a 
mentor who taught men and women who were incoming firefighters.
  This past weekend, I flew into Houston and was able to go to his 
bedside on Saturday, to be able to see his family and his wonderful 
son, who he loves with deep and abiding love, and a wife who loved him 
without question. All of his fire brothers and sisters were all around. 
They had the opportunity to pray.
  Then, unfortunately, he lost his life. He died in the line of duty, 
and on Saturday night into early morning on Sunday, I joined a throng 
of firefighters to proceed in the procession to take his body from the 
Memorial Hermann Medical Center to the medical examiners.
  Mr. Speaker, let me simply say, as we rode through those streets, 
through the neighborhoods that he fought for and fought fires, saved 
lives, and passed Fire Station 46 and all of his brothers and sisters, 
I felt a sense that his spirit had lifted up and that we had honored 
him by his travel and journey, that we will continue to honor him--Baby 
Boy, B.B., father, husband, great leader, hero, captain, firefighter--
who died in the line of duty.

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