[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25983]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO LANCE CORPORAL SCOTT ZUBOWSKI

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, Marines arrived at Barbara Weitzel's doorstep 
this Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in New Castle, Indiana. She said, my first 
question was, ``Which one?'' Two of her sons are Marines. Both are in 
Iraq.
  She learned in that moment that her brave son, Lance Corporal Scott 
Zubowski, died in Iraq on 12 November 2005. While fighting to defend 
America and secure Iraq, he was a rear passenger traveling with four 
other soldiers near Fallujah when a roadside bomb exploded beneath his 
vehicle.
  Scott and his family moved to New Castle in 1991 where he attended 
Greenstreet Elementary School for first and second grade. His teachers 
quickly recognized his gifts. They placed him in the gifted and 
talented program, an accelerated academic program at Sunnyside 
Elementary.
  Scott did not grow up dreaming of a life in the military but, as is 
the case with younger brothers, he respected his older brother David. 
Sergeant David Zubowski enlisted in the Marines. Scott noticed the 
growing confidence in his brother, and he wanted to enlist as well, 
which he did after graduating from North Manchester High School in 
2003.
  Mr. Speaker, Lance Corporal Scott Zubowski is a hero. I offer my 
deepest condolences to his parents, Barbara Weitzel and Richard 
Zubowski; his lovely new wife, Klancey Zubowski; his two brothers, 
Brian and Sergeant David Zubowski; and all the family and friends who 
loved and admired this courageous young man.
  Scott's mother recently told the hometown newspaper, ``He gave 
himself for us, and we can't forget.''
  He did give himself, Mrs. Weitzel. No greater love has a man than 
this, that he should lay down his life for his friends. We will never 
forget your brave son.

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