[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        THE HEROIC ACTS OF JAMES SHAW, JR., AND TAMMIE JO SHULTS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Tennessee (Mr. Cohen) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, malevolent actions and accidents give an 
opportunity for people to rise to heroic actions. America is a country 
familiar with heroes.
  At a sad and awful event this weekend in Nashville, Davidson County, 
at a Waffle House where four individuals were killed and four injured 
by a crazed individual with an AR-15, a man named James Shaw, Jr., 
rallied all of his courage and strength to rise to the occasion of 
heroics, to get the assailant, take his gun from him, and to save his 
life and other people's lives.
  James Shaw, Jr., is a lifetime Nashvillian. He didn't plan to be a 
hero that day, but he rose to the occasion. I take my hat off to him 
and commend him for his actions in saving other lives.
  Just a week or so earlier, we had a Southwest Airlines plane that 
would have crashed if it weren't for a great pilot, possibly, a plane 
that, tragically, had a piece of the wing come off and fly into the 
airplane and cause the death of a passenger and chaos on the plane.
  The pilot, a trained Navy fighter pilot, Tammie Jo Shults, stayed 
calm and brought that plane in safely without any other loss of life or 
injuries. She is a Sully part 2: Sullenberger, who took that plane in 
New York and landed it in the river and saved a lot of people's lives.
  We all honored Sully, as we should and should have. We need to honor 
Tammie Jo Shults in the same way. She is Sullenberger part 2. And James 
Shaw, Jr., of Nashville is a hero of the same dimension, and he saved 
many American lives. Those acts need to be remembered, reflected upon, 
and honored. I do so today, and I know other Members of this House do 
as well.


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  April 24, 2018, on page H3457, the following appeared: THE 
HEROIC ACTS OF JAMES SHAW, JR., AND TAMMY JO SCHULTZ The SPEAKER 
pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Tennessee 
(Mr. COHEN) for 5 minutes. Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, malevolent 
actions and accidents give an opportunity for people to rise to 
heroic actions. America is a country familiar with heroes. At a 
sad and awful event this weekend in Nashville, Davidson County, at 
a Waffle House where four individuals were killed and four injured 
by a crazed individual with an AR-15, a man named James Shaw, Jr., 
rallied all of his courage and strength to rise to the occasion of 
heroics, to get the assailant, take his gun from him, and to save 
his life and other people's lives. James Shaw, Jr., is a lifetime 
Nashvillian. He didn't plan to be a hero that day, but he rose to 
the occasion. I take my hat off to him and commend him for his 
actions in saving other lives. Just a week or so earlier, we had a 
Southwest Airlines plane that would have crashed if it weren't for 
a great pilot, possibly, a plane that, tragically, had a piece of 
the wing come off and fly into the airplane and cause the death of 
a passenger and chaos on the plane. The pilot, a trained Navy 
fighter pilot, Tammy Jo Schultz, stayed calm and brought that 
plane in safely without any other loss of life or injuries. She is 
a Sully part 2: Sullenberger, who took that plane in New York and 
landed it in the river and saved a lot of people's lives. We all 
honored Sully, as we should and should have. We need to honor 
Tammy Jo Schultz in the same way. She is Sullenberger part 2. And 
James Shaw, Jr., of Nashville is a hero of the same dimension, and 
he saved many American lives. Those acts need to be remembered, 
reflected upon, and honored. I do so today, and I know other 
Members of this House do as well.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: THE HEROIC ACTS 
OF JAMES SHAW, JR., AND TAMMIE JO SHULTS The SPEAKER pro tempore. 
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cohen) for 
5 minutes. Mr. Cohen. Mr. Speaker, malevolent actions and 
accidents give an opportunity for people to rise to heroic 
actions. America is a country familiar with heroes. At a sad and 
awful event this weekend in Nashville, Davidson County, at a 
Waffle House where four individuals were killed and four injured 
by a crazed individual with an AR-15, a man named James Shaw, Jr., 
rallied all of his courage and strength to rise to the occasion of 
heroics, to get the assailant, take his gun from him, and to save 
his life and other people's lives. James Shaw, Jr., is a lifetime 
Nashvillian. He didn't plan to be a hero that day, but he rose to 
the occasion. I take my hat off to him and commend him for his 
actions in saving other lives. Just a week or so earlier, we had a 
Southwest Airlines plane that would have crashed if it weren't for 
a great pilot, possibly, a plane that, tragically, had a piece of 
the wing come off and fly into the airplane and cause the death of 
a passenger and chaos on the plane. The pilot, a trained Navy 
fighter pilot, Tammie Jo Shults, stayed calm and brought that 
plane in safely without any other loss of life or injuries. She is 
a Sully part 2: Sullenberger, who took that plane in New York and 
landed it in the river and saved a lot of people's lives. We all 
honored Sully, as we should and should have. We need to honor 
Tammie Jo Shults in the same way. She is Sullenberger part 2. And 
James Shaw, Jr., of Nashville is a hero of the same dimension, and 
he saved many American lives. Those acts need to be remembered, 
reflected upon, and honored. I do so today, and I know other 
Members of this House do as well.


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