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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY HOFFMAN
1 3 A Resolution honoring Mr. Roger Rusch and Mrs. Connie
1 4 Rusch for their acts of heroism in saving the lives
1 5 of Aleshea Cogdill and Ashley Neddermeyer.
1 6 WHEREAS, On June 8, 2002, a single-car accident
1 7 occurred near the farm home of Mr. Rusch and the now
1 8 deceased Mrs. Rusch, west of the town of Schleswig, in
1 9 Crawford County, Iowa; and
1 10 WHEREAS, having heard the accident, Mr. and Mrs.
1 11 Rusch endangered their own lives by attempting to
1 12 extinguish the burning car and removing Ashley
1 13 Neddermeyer by breaking the back window when the doors
1 14 to the burning vehicle would not open; and
1 15 WHEREAS, Mr. Rusch further endangered himself by
1 16 returning to the burning car and removing the
1 17 unconscious Aleshea Cogdill also through the back
1 18 window of the car; and
1 19 WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Rusch stayed with and
1 20 ministered to the young girls until emergency rescue
1 21 units arrived; NOW THEREFORE,
1 22 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
1 23 That Mrs. Connie Rusch be honored posthumously and
1 24 remembered by the citizens of the State of Iowa for
1 25 her remarkable courage and heroism without regard to
1 26 her own personal safety; and
1 27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Mr. Roger Rusch be
1 28 honored and commended by the House of Representatives
1 29 for his quick thinking, his courage, and his heroism,
1 30 without regard to his own personal safety, by pulling
2 1 both girls from the burning wreckage; and
2 2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
2 3 resolution be prepared and presented to Mr. Roger
2 4 Rusch.
2 5 LSB 2682HH 80
2 6 kk/pj/5
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