[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5565]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING VIRGINIA STATE TROOPER KRESS ADAMSON

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 4, 2017

  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize my constituent, 
Virginia State Police Trooper Kress Adamson, for his recognition by the 
Rotary Club of West Springfield as an Outstanding Virginia State 
Trooper of the Year for 2016.
  Trooper Adamson is a credit to his unit and uniform and the long 
tradition of our Commonwealth's State Police Force. In August of 2015 
he was dispatched to a vehicle crash on the Capital Beltway. Upon 
arriving at the scene, he found two citizens who were trying to aid an 
individual lying near the wreckage on a very busy and dangerous stretch 
of I-495 and his fellow Trooper Steven Muller had begun special rescue 
breathing and CPR. A Fairfax County Rescue team then arrived and asked 
the two troopers to continue their life-saving efforts until the Rescue 
team was could apply an automated external defibrillator. After several 
minutes of these combined advanced lifesaving techniques, they were 
able to regain a pulse in the victim. The victim was then transported 
to INOVA Alexandria Hospital where he remained in critical condition 
until his recovery. Due to the initial valiant efforts of both 
civilians and these two troopers, the victim had a better chance of 
recovery from this life-threatening accident.
  Trooper Adamson has served the Virginia State Police for seven years. 
Upon graduating from the State Police Academy, he was initially 
assigned to Arlington (Area 45). He is currently with the Springfield 
office (Area 48). Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, he served in the 
U.S. Air Force for nine years and deployed to Iraq in 2007. His MOS was 
medical support, and he currently is working on completing a bachelor's 
degree at Thomas Edison University.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Trooper 
Adamson and in thanking him for his years of service to Fairfax County 
and the Commonwealth of Virginia. He has demonstrated exceptional 
dedication to public safety and the mission of law enforcement, and for 
that, we owe him a special debt of gratitude.

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