[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21101]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    TO HONOR PFC BRENDAN MARROCCO, UNITED STATES ARMY, WITH A POEM: 
                        ``STATEN ISLAND STEEL''

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                         HON. MICHAEL G. GRIMM

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 15, 2011

  Mr. GRIMM. Mr. Speaker, I submit the following:

                          Staten Island Steel

     All in the shadow of liberty . . .
     All in this most Gotham of all cities . . .
     There grew up to be, one of our nation's finest sons so 
           indeed . . .
     As strong, as strong . . . as strong as can be!
     Army Strong that's who he!
     Whose heart and soul, makes our Lord so complete . . .
     Whose courage so makes even the Angels up on high so weep!
     Because . . .
     Some Steel,
     cannot so be crushed!
     Some Steel,
     will not so rust!
     Some Steel,
     cannot so be bent!
     Some Steel . . .
     cannot so be broken!
     As if this Steel was Heaven sent!
     All in how,
     his heart of Steel has so spoken . . .
     So very deep down inside,
     all in what Rocco is invoking . . .
     That which so brings such tears to eyes . . .
     Which against all odds somehow kept hope alive!
     To So Teach Us . . . To So Reach Us . . . To So Beseech Us!
     Because, The Greatest Steel In This World . . .
     Comes from Staten Island, my little boys and girls . . .
     Yea, The Stronger than anything known to man!
     Staten Island Steel . . .
     Move over Superman, you're just a comic book . . . Rocco is 
           real!
     And Batman this is not your city anymore!
     Brendan Marrocco, ``Rocco'' . . . Aka . . . Staten Island 
           Steel!
     Because, Rocco you have the word hero stamped all across your 
           chest!
     As you Rocco put the B . . . In Be The Best!
     All found in your heart of gold, and your life's quest . . .
     For Army Strong is your life's song!
     Brendan, You Rock . . . all night long . . .
     And when we gaze upon his heart, we feel the burn!
     And now more Steel has so been forged!
     The Bear! PFC Bryan Dilberian a 10th Mountain Man . . .
     A Brooklyn Man, a Real Beastie Boy who stands!
     A question asked, ``in New York, what are you putting in that 
           water man''?
     This Christmas and Hanukkah, remember all of those men and 
           women . . .
     Who upon them this our Nation do so depend . . .
     Who with hearts of Steel, all for us so live and die . . .
     As across this nation families cry . . .
     Separated by death and distance, who this holiday season so 
           miss this . . .
     And men like Rocco, who with hearts of Steel . . . 
     Who to all of us so reveal!
     That word Hero, Brendan Marrocco . . . Staten Island Steel!

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