[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12985]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HAMPTON FIRST RESPONDERS

 Mrs. SHAHEEN. Madam President, I wish to recognize first 
responders from New Hampshire who heroically worked together to save 
two swimmers who were struggling to make their way back to shore at 
Hampton Beach in Hampton, NH, on July 25, 2013.
  On the night of July 25, Hampton Fire & Rescue and the Hampton Police 
Department received notification that three individuals swimming in the 
water at Hampton Beach were unable to make their way back to shore. 
First responders from the departments immediately sprang into action 
and quickly arrived at Hampton Beach. While one of the three 
individuals was rescued by fellow beachgoers, two young men remained in 
the water not far from shore, struggling in riptide conditions and 
unable to swim back to land.
  Hampton firefighters including Fire Chief Christopher Silver, Deputy 
Fire Chief Jameson Ayotte, Captain William Kennedy, Lieutenant Michael 
Brillard, Greg Smushkin, Jed Carpentier, Nate Denio, Jason Newman, Kyle 
Jameson, Kyle Averill, Buck Frost, Matthew Clement, Donald Thibeault 
and Hampton Police Officer James Deluca worked together to save the two 
28-year old men who were caught in the water. The first responders 
worked in varying capacities, with some in the water, some aboard the 
Hampton Fire Department's rescue boat and others on shore, and acted as 
a unified team to successfully pull the swimmers to safety.
  First responders are fundamental to the safety of individuals and 
communities in New Hampshire and throughout the country, as evidenced 
by the lives that were so recently rescued at Hampton Beach. These 
public servants came together from across different departments and 
divisions, as they often do, to perform their selfless work on behalf 
of people in need. The work of heroes like those in Hampton often goes 
unnoticed, but it is important that we do not take for granted the 
daily efforts made by all first responders to make our communities 
safer and improve the quality of life of all Americans.
  I commend these gentlemen for their selfless actions on the night of 
July 25. The Hampton-area community and all New Hampshire residents 
applaud the work that dedicated first responders do every day. We 
specifically thank this group of public servants for saving lives on 
the night of July 25, 2013.

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