[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8373]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING CAPTAIN BRADLEY LONG

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, I rise with a heavy heart to pay tribute to 
Captain Bradley Long, a fallen firefighter from my district.
  Captain Long was a dedicated public servant and was born to be a 
firefighter. In fact, he started volunteering as a junior firefighter 
when he was just 14 years old at the Sherrills Ford-Terrell Fire and 
Rescue. He followed in his father's footsteps, who had fought fires for 
25 years. Though he was a full-time firefighter with the Newton Fire 
Department, he also continued to serve as a volunteer at Sherrills 
Ford-Terrell Fire and Rescue, which is where he was serving when he 
died in a diving accident while attempting to rescue a missing swimmer.
  Following his death, Captain Long's father described how Bradley 
loved what he did and how he loved helping people, and that is what he 
was doing when he gave his life. Captain Long is the epitome of a 
public servant, and he will be deeply missed.

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