[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 10821-10822]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING THE HEROISM AND COURAGE OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Commerce 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 110, 
and that the Senate proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is ordered. The clerk 
will report the concurrent resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 110) honoring the 
     heroism and courage displayed by airline flight attendants on 
     a daily basis.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent 
resolution and the preamble be agreed to en bloc, the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, and that any statements 
relating thereto be printed in the Record without any intervening 
action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 110), was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution with its preamble, reads as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 110

       Whereas over 100,000 men and women in the United States 
     serve as flight attendants;
       Whereas flight attendants dedicate themselves to serving 
     and protecting their passengers;
       Whereas flight attendants react to dangerous situations as 
     the first line of defense of airline passengers;
       Whereas safety and security are the primary concerns of 
     flight attendants;
       Whereas flight attendants evacuate passengers from an 
     airplane in emergency situations;
       Whereas flight attendants defend passengers against 
     hijackers, terrorists, and abusive passengers;
       Whereas flight attendants handle in-flight medical 
     emergencies;
       Whereas flight attendants perform routine safety and 
     service duties on board the aircraft;
       Whereas 25 flight attendants lost their lives aboard 4 
     hijacked flights on September 11, 2001;
       Whereas 5 flight attendants helped to prevent United Flight 
     93 from reaching its intended target on September 11, 2001;
       Whereas flight attendants provided assistance to passengers 
     across the United States who had their flights diverted on 
     September 11, 2001;
       Whereas flight attendants on American Airlines Flight 63 
     helped to subdue Richard Reid on December 22, 2001, thereby 
     preventing him from detonating an explosive device in his 
     shoe intended to bring down the airplane and kill all 185 
     passengers and 12 crew members on board; and
       Whereas flight attendants helped to prevent Pablo Moreira, 
     a Uruguayan citizen, from breaking into the cockpit on 
     February 7, 2002, during United Flight 855 from Miami to 
     Buenos Aires: Now therefore be it

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       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That Congress--
       (1) expresses its profound gratitude for the faithful 
     service provided by flight attendants to make air travel 
     safe;
       (2) honors the courage and dedication of flight attendants;
       (3) supports all the flight attendants who continue to 
     display heroism on a daily basis, as they had been doing 
     before, during, and after September 11, 2001; and
       (4) shall send a copy of this resolution to a family member 
     of each of the flight attendants killed on September 11, 
     2001.

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