[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20724]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TWO AMERICAN WARRIORS

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, in San Jacinto County in east Texas last 
Thursday, two men died trying to save another's life. Denny ``Bo'' 
Galloway, deputy constable, 34, died when he ran into the rough Trinity 
River trying to save Bernardo Vasquez, a 21-year-old Marine on leave 
from Iraq.
  Vasquez had disappeared in the fast-moving river trying to save his 
uncle, who had gotten trapped in the current. Vasquez was to return to 
Active Duty today. His mother's only desire was that he return from 
Iraq alive. But Vasquez died saving another. Bo Galloway was a tough, 
rural cop who had spent the previous night rescuing people from a train 
wreck.
  When hearing the 911 call about Vasquez, Galloway rushed to the scene 
and went directly into the river. Galloway died and left a wife and 
three sons behind. Both men were warriors. One fought the war on crime, 
one fought the war on terror. Both died responding to the first duty of 
all American warriors, saving those in trouble. We share in the grief 
of the two families and once again thank our people who wear the 
uniform of the soldier and of the peace officer.

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