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HR 485 - Introduced - PDF
HR485
193846-1
By Representatives Davis, Faust, Baker, Shiver, Polizos and
Jackson
RFD:
First Read: 22-MAR-18
193846-1:n:03/22/2018:DSM/tj LSA2018-1454
RECOGNIZING FIRST RESPONDERS OF BALDWIN COUNTY.
WHEREAS, in the pre-dawn hours of March 13, 2018, a
bus carrying approximately 45 students of Channelview High
School home to Texas after a trip to Orlando, Florida, ran off
the road on Interstate 10 in Baldwin County and plunged down a
60-foot ravine at Cowpen Creek; and
WHEREAS, more than 60 first responders from multiple
law enforcement agencies, fire and rescue agencies, and
emergency medical ground and air units all responded to the
scene; rescue personnel had to rappel down the concrete walls
of the embankment to reach the bus, which lay on its side at
the bottom of the ravine; many of the injured then had to be
hauled up the ravine by first responders; and
WHEREAS, starting in the dark soon after the 5:30
a.m. accident, crews worked more than three hours to free
victims from the wreck; and
WHEREAS, one person, driver Harry Caligone of
Houston, Texas, died in the accident; at least six passengers
were critically or seriously injured; all the students and
adult passengers on the bus were transported to area
hospitals; and
WHEREAS, at that moment of tragedy, dedicated first
responders and local residents did not hesitate to do all they
could to rescue victims, comfort families and provide whatever
services possible to deal with this emergency; in addition to
those working at the scene, personnel worked for hours to
divert traffic away from the scene on Interstate 10; the staff
and congregation of Coastal Church in Daphne opened their
facility to provide space for accident victims and their
families to be reunited; and
WHEREAS, the dedication, courage, professionalism,
and self-sacrifice of the firefighters, paramedics, police,
sheriff's deputies, helicopter crews, hospital workers, and
others who responded in this emergency helped relieve
suffering and possibly save lives during this tragedy; now
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, That we hereby honor and commend
all of those first responders and others who did not hesitate
to do all they could to help their fellow citizens during this
difficult time.