[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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