[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13173]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           RECOGNIZING DEPUTY
                             LARRY RAYBURN

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                           HON. RODNEY DAVIS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 20, 2016

  Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Deputy Larry Rayburn, a deputy who has served for more than seven years 
in the Macoupin County Sheriff's Department. Deputy Rayburn's quick and 
heroic actions earlier this summer literally saved a life.
  Early in the morning of May 27, Deputy Rayburn responded to a call at 
Otter Lake Campground that a young man was experiencing an asthma 
attack. The young man was on a camping trip and found himself without 
an inhaler.
  Deputy Rayburn, who had previously served as an emergency medical 
technician arrived at the scene 10 minutes after receiving the call 
from the young man's mother. He concluded that the asthma attack had 
closed off the young man's airway, and used a plastic airway device 
from his squad car to reopen it.
  The deputy's quick actions helped restore the victim's skin color and 
allowed him to continue breathing until the local paramedics arrived 
and were able to put him on a ventilator.
  The Macoupin County Sheriffs Department recently awarded Deputy 
Rayburn with their ``Lifesaving Award,'' and I stand here today to 
honor him for his courageous actions that morning and to thank him for 
his service.

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