[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H1105]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        HONORING BRYCE CARDEN AND THE LOUISVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT

  (Mr. McGARVEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGARVEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because on March 1, a four-
car crash on the Clark Memorial Bridge left a semitruck dangling 
dangerously over the Ohio River--with the driver still inside.
  Police officers, Coast Guard members, and firefighters immediately 
rushed into action to save the driver from plummeting some 100 feet 
into the river below.
  No firefighter acts alone. They train as a team. They work as a team. 
It took all of Rescue Company Two working together to save this semi 
driver. Ultimately, it was Firefighter Bryce Carden who was the 
fearless first responder lowered off the bridge from the back of a fire 
truck to perform the daring rescue that brought the truck's driver back 
to safety.
  Bryce Carden is a Louisvillian through and through. He grew up in 
Valley Station, went to Butler High School, and still lives in 
Louisville with his wife, Caitlynn, and their 17-month-old daughter.
  That truck driver is alive today because of Bryce's selfless actions.
  We thank Bryce and his brothers and sisters in the Louisville Fire 
Department for their bravery and dedicated service.

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