House Resolution 34

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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
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