[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 116 (Thursday, July 11, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H5589]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                    RECOGNIZING OFFICER PIERRE KING

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
South Carolina (Mr. Norman) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. NORMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a true American 
hero, Pierre King, who is a police officer with the York Police 
Department in York, South Carolina.
  I say this because, on May 11, 2019, Jamie Brock and his wife, 
Kimberly, were having dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse, celebrating their 
oldest son's graduation from the University of South Carolina. While 
eating their food, Jamie began choking and unable to breathe due to 
experiencing an allergic reaction to the food.
  Kimberly, his wife, began screaming for help, and Officer King, who 
was off duty at the time, rushed to help the choking man, whom he did 
not know, and was able to use lifesaving techniques that he had been 
trained to administer and was successful in dislodging the food from 
Jamie's throat.
  Due to the actions of Officer King, a life was saved, and in the 
words of Brock family: ``God put you there that day, and you saved my 
husband and you saved our kids' father.''
  In the words of Officer King: ``All I knew is that I was not going to 
let this man die, and he would do the same thing for me.''
  Officer King is a true American hero who epitomizes the slogan ``to 
live is to serve'' and is an example for all of us to follow.
  When I think of Officer King, I think of the words of Winston 
Churchill, who, when Great Britain was about to be under siege by 
Germany, said:

       There will be a time when doing your best is not good 
     enough. We must do what is required.

  Mr. Speaker, Officer King did what was required.

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