[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 213]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      REMEMBERING EDWARD STRINGER

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                           HON. MIKE QUIGLEY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 6, 2011

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember the courage and 
honor the life of firefighter Edward Stringer. Edward was killed in the 
line of duty on Dec. 23, when the roof of a burning South Shore 
building collapsed. He was 47 years old.
  Edward often joked that he was the guy running into burning buildings 
when everyone else was running out. That was the case on the afternoon 
of the tragedy that took his life. Worried there might be a homeless 
man or woman seeking shelter from the cold in the abandoned building, 
his commitment to the Chicagoans he swore to protect was far stronger 
than any sense of self-preservation.
  A 12-year veteran of the Chicago Fire Department, Edward worked out 
of the firehouse at 63rd and Dorchester. He was a lifetime South Sider, 
a proud Chicagoan and an American hero. His bravery will never be 
forgotten by the city he gave his life to protect.
  May Mr. Stringer rest in peace.

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