    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2025)]
    [Senate]
    [Page S1426]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                            TRIBUTE TO DANA BYERLEY

     Mr. SCHMITT. Mr. President, I rise today to honor Officer Dana
    Byerley of Sparta, MO, for her timely and heroic act of service to save
    the life of an infant.
      The Short family welcomed their youngest daughter Bristol in July
    2022. They soon discovered that she had cystic fibrosis (CF) and would
    need various medications every day to help her breathe and give her as
    normal a life as possible. The Short family is dedicated to creating as
    many life-giving memories as they can, so they attended the Persimmons
    Day Festival at the Roller Park in Sparta, MO, in October 2024. While
    at the festival, Bristol's mother Miranda noticed that her lips were
    turning blue and her body was going limp. They urgently searched for
    help among the crowd and reserve officer Dana Byerley quickly came to
    their aid. Officer Byerley performed mouth-to-mouth until Bristol was
    revived and the emergency medical services could arrive to bring her to
    the nearest hospital. The doctors and nurses at Mercy Hospital were
    able to attend to Bristol and treat her so she was well enough to
    travel to her CF hospital in Columbia, MO, where she remained and made
    a full recovery.
      Dana Byerley is truly a Champion of Missouri. Her willingness to help
    and quick thinking kept little Bristol alive; now, she is a thriving
    and happy toddler. I commend Officer Byerley for her service to her
    fellow Missourians and wish her all the best with the Sparta Police
    Department.

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