[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 26, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E210]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    IN REMEMBRANCE OF JUAN CARLOS SALGADO: HOUSTON, TEXAN AND GOOD 
                               SAMARITAN

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 26, 2019

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to an angel, 
Juan Carlos Salgado, a Houston resident and Good Samaritan who passed 
away on January 13, 2019, in Houston, Texas at the age of 41.
  On the evening of January 13, 2019, Juan Salgado was walking to a 
local market to pick up dinner, but he never made it because while 
crossing Telephone Road near Red Robin Lane, Juan Salgado was struck by 
two cars and died at the scene.
  Madam Speaker, Juan Salgado was not one to draw attention; rather he 
kept to himself and worked hard as a landscaper, and sent his extra 
earnings to his mother in Guerrero, Mexico.
  But there is more to the story of this wonderful man.
  Three weeks before his death, on December 24, 2018, in the early 
morning hours of Christmas Eve, a drunk driver collided with a Houston 
Police Department cruiser that was en route to assist a fellow officer.
  Juan Salgado heard the crash from his apartment and ran toward the 
police vehicle, now in flames.
  Juan Salgado fought to free the two officers, John Daily and Alonzo 
Reid, who were trapped inside, and breaks his right hand when he 
punched through a window to free Officer Reid.
  After freeing both officers and pulling them to safety, Juan Salgado 
left the scene and returned to his familiar and comfortable state of 
obscurity.
  The day after saving Officers Daily and Reid, Juan Salgado was back 
at work as a landscaper.
  This documented hero was an undocumented immigrant.
  But it was not his immigration status that Juan Salgado thought about 
on that fateful Christmas Eve.
  Instead, he saw two human beings who needed assistance and he did not 
hesitate to offer it knowing the danger it posed to him and his 
resident status in the United States.
  Madam Speaker, Juan Salgado put his community above himself and 
because of his selflessness Officers Daily and Reid are alive today.
  I offer my deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Juan 
Salgado as they mourn the loss of this unsung hero.

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