[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 82 (Friday, May 18, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4234]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             SUPPORTING THE PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY, COMMUNITY

  (Mr. GOTTHEIMER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GOTTHEIMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today for the Paramus community 
and those who lost their lives in the Route 80 bus accident in Mt. 
Olive, New Jersey, and to all those who were injured. My heart breaks 
for the 38 fifth grade students and seven adults involved in 
yesterday's horrific bus accident.
  On a day when students from East Brook Middle School should have been 
enjoying their class trip, instead, they experienced every parent's 
worst nightmare. As a father, I am praying for every parent, child, 
teacher, friend, and administrator; and I know I will be hugging my 
kids extra tight this evening.
  I join the Paramus community as they come together to support all 
those affected in this tragedy, especially the family of the student 
who lost their life and the family of Jennifer Williamson, the fifth 
grade social studies teacher chaperoning the trip, who lost her life.
  May God rest their souls.
  Savannah Clark, an East Brook Middle School sixth grader, remembered 
her teacher saying: She made things really, really fun for us kids, but 
now she can't anymore.
  Mrs. Williamson, your care for our community will never be forgotten.
  I also want to thank the first responders, doctors, and nurses who 
responded so quickly to help students, care for the victims, and 
investigate how such a horrible tragedy could ever have happened.

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