[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 24, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H7256]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          RECOGNIZING EDD SORENSON OF JACKSON COUNTY, FLORIDA

  (Mr. DUNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a local hero from 
Jackson County, Florida.
  Mr. Edd Sorenson is known internationally for his courageous and 
skillful ability to rescue and retrieve cave divers. Just this past 
March, he was called upon in the Dominican Republic to retrieve two 
bodies that were on the brink of never being recovered due to the 
dangerous conditions.
  His most recent courageous rescue took place in Tennessee, where he 
was called upon, in the middle of the night, to save the life of a 
professional cave diver, Josh Bratchley, widely known as the man who 
saved the Thai soccer team last year from their cave incident.
  When Edd is not answering a call for the next cave rescue, you will 
find him managing his cave diving business in Marianna, Florida, where 
he is a cave dive instructor.
  Edd is a truly remarkable individual. Mr. Speaker, please join me in 
recognizing Mr. Edd Sorenson for his heroic and selfless actions that 
have saved the lives of many and brought closure to families that, 
otherwise, would never have been possible.

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