[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 8416-8417]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING NATHAN BRUCKENTHAL

  (Mr. ISRAEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Speaker, on April 24, Nathan Bruckenthal became the 
first member of the Coast Guard to die in battle since Vietnam. His 
bravery and sacrifice shines a light on the often overlooked sacrifices 
made by the Coast Guard in our Nation's defense.
  Nathan is survived by a proud father in Northport, New York, village 
police chief Rick Bruckenthal and his wife, Patricia, a loving mother, 
Laurie Bullock of Ashburn, Virginia. Nate is also the brother of 
Matthew, Michael and Noa Beth, and the husband of Patricia in Florida.
  When I called Rick Bruckenthal, he simply said, ``My son served his 
country.'' He did serve and he did sacrifice. And now we have an 
eternal debt to his memory and his family, to support our troops when 
we send them into dangerous places, to support their families back 
home, to support our veterans, to

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do these things in our hearts, in our budgets, and in our prayers which 
are with the family of Nathan Bruckenthal, the police department of 
Northport Village, the United States Coast Guard and Bates Neck 
Station, today and all days.
  God bless the Bruckenthal family and God bless America.

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