[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 16025-16026]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING THE MEMORY OF THE CREW OF THE ``EL FARO''

  (Ms. BROWN of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker and Members of the House, my heart 
and prayers go out to the family and loved ones of the 33 members 
onboard the cargo ship El Faro--El Faro means bright star, shining 
star--which disappeared Thursday evening during the hurricane en route 
to Puerto Rico.
  I held prayer vigils with the families and with several ministers all 
day

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Monday, and we are keeping the families in our prayers.
  I want to commend the Coast Guard for everything they do for our 
Nation in the area of maritime security and environmental protection, 
and I have worked closely with the agency for many years. I want to 
commend the Merchant Marines who played a key role in our Nation's 
economy and several of the vital missions during peace and wartimes.
  I am going to submit the names of all of the crew members; 17 of them 
were from Jacksonville, Florida.

                    List of ``El Faro'' Crew Members

       Louis Champa Jr. (Daytona Beach, Florida); Roosevelt Clark 
     (Jacksonville, Florida); Sylvester Crawford Jr. 
     (Lawrenceville, Georgia); Michael Davidson (Windham, Maine); 
     Brookie Davis (Jacksonville, Florida); Keith Griffin (Fort 
     Myers, Florida); Frank Hamm (Jacksonville, Florida); Joe 
     Hargrove (Orange Park, Florida); Carey Hatch (Jacksonville, 
     Florida); Michael Holland (North Wilton, Maine); Jack Jackson 
     (Jacksonville, Florida); Jackie Jones Jr. (Jacksonville, 
     Florida); Lonnie Jordan (Jacksonville, Florida); Piotr Krause 
     (Poland); Mitchell Kuflik (Brooklyn, New York); Roan 
     Lightfoot (Jacksonville Beach, Florida); Jeffrey Mathias 
     (Kingston, Massachusetts); Dylan Meklin (Rockland, Maine); 
     Marcin Nita (Poland); Jan Podgorski (Poland).
       James Porter (Jacksonville, Florida); Richard Pusatere 
     (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Theodore Quammie (Jacksonville, 
     Florida); Danielle Randolph (Rockland, Maine); Jeremie Riehm 
     (Camden, Delaware); Lashawn Rivera (Jacksonville, Florida); 
     Howard Schoenly (Cape Coral, Florida); Steven Shultz (Roan 
     Mountain, Tennessee); German Solar-Cortes (Orlando, Florida); 
     Anthony Thomas (Jacksonville, Florida); Andrzej Truszkowski 
     (Poland); Mariette Wright (St. Augustine, Florida); Rafal 
     Zdobych (Poland).

  Ms. BROWN of Florida. When I was leaving church Sunday, in closing, 
one young person, Jackie Jones, had a daycare, and the kid came up to 
me and asked, Congresswoman, where is Papa?
  I can tell you, I am going to do all I can to make sure that this 
tragedy doesn't happen again.

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