[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9494]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF THE AIR LAND EMERGENCY RESOURCE TEAM 
                   ``COLUMBIA'' SHUTTLE DISASTER CREW

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                            HON. SAM JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 9, 2003

  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I want to commend 158 men of 
the International ALERT Academy who selflessly spent 11 days in San 
Augustine County, Texas, helping with recovery efforts following the 
disastrous crash of the space shuttle Columbia. From February 2-12, 
2003, these men served our country and the families of the crew at 
their own expense, searching through the dense forests and briars of 
that region. Through their thoroughness, hard work, and willing 
attitudes these men brought encouragement to the leadership of the 
incident command structure, and every fellow worker involved.

       Andrew Allison, Adam Anders, Ryan Anders, Donald Anderson, 
     Oliver Araiza, Scott Avedisian, Jeremiah Baarbe, Michael 
     Baird, Timothy Baldridge, Marv Behr, Matthew Berryman, 
     Christopher Bourne, Jesse Brumbaugh, Tom Burch, Daniel 
     Caciola, Kevin Cahill, Brian Cahil, Cody Carnett, Jonathan 
     Carstensen, Craig Cato, Jonathan Chiew, Jonathan Chu, Bryce 
     Chun, Mel Cohen, Marc Cohen, Jesse Conklin.
       Andrew Conway, Shaun Cowhard, Timothy Crist, Steven Curry, 
     Steve Dankers, Daniel Davies, Kurt Dean, Jonathan DeHaan, 
     Michael DeMaio, John Davolt, Paul Ellis, Jeremy Enquist, 
     Stephen Falkenstine, Brandon Fitch, Gabriel Garriga, Richard 
     Geiger, Andrew George, Joel George, Carter Gibson III, Joshua 
     Grimes, Jonathan Gunter, Nicholas Harris, Nathan Hasme, 
     Jonathan Hasty, Mark Hasty, Terrel Hendrich.
       Robert Heren, David Herring, William Hicks, Charles 
     Hitchcock, Justin Horsman, Logan Howell, Jeff Huggins, John 
     Hurst, Earl Jantz, Dick Jarrell, David Jodrey, Jeremy 
     Johnson, Connor Jones, Kevin Jones, Lorin Kaney, Stephen 
     Keating, Matthew Kinkade, Carl Kinz, Seth Kiser, Jonathan 
     Knight, David Kress, Stephen Lacy, Jim Lampman, Kuan-Hui Lee, 
     Emmanuel Lenau, Benjamin Longwell.
       Jason Luksa, Mark MacLurg, Jonathan Mahoney, Greg 
     Mandreger, Timothy Martin-Vegue, James Mayers, Stephen 
     McKerracher, James Meek, Peter Melton, Steven Menzel, Jay 
     Miller, Jeremy Minter, Merritt Mitchell, Russell Moulton, 
     Zachariah Munger, Michael Muscanero, Adam Nunez, Joshua 
     Oathout, Kyle O'Donnell, John O'Donnell, William Orr, Samuel 
     Ortiz, Christopher Overby, John Owen, Micah Parrish, Stephen 
     Parrish, Marc Payant.
       David Pennywell, Jonathan Popowich, Michael Potter, Stephen 
     Powers, Aaron Prentice, Jonathan Radford, Simon Rawson, 
     Justin Reyes, Vladimir Robles, Josiah Savage, Clifford Scott, 
     Scott Shetler, Doug Simmons, David Sisson, Phillip Smith, 
     Benjamin Snyder, Tryg Solberg, Samuel Spear, Michael 
     Spillman, James Spriggs, Stephen Stiller, Andrew Strain, 
     John-David Sullivan.
       Nathanael Swanson, Adam Switzer, Randy Switzer, Joel 
     Talley, Shawn Tallman, John Tanner, Joshua Tanner, Justin 
     Tanner, Andrew Thompson, Brett Thompson, Daryn Thompson, 
     David Thornton, Robert Thurston, Abraham Timler, Roy Turner, 
     Joshua Uecker, Nathan Walker,
       Samuel Walker, Patrick Walsh, Joshua Watkins, Bruce West, 
     Joseph West, Robert Wheeler, III, Mark Whitehead, Amadi 
     Williams, Spencer Wolf, Jay Wright, Brian Yoder, Philip 
     Yoder, and Mark Zeller.

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