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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot express the sorrow felt at the passing |
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of firefighter Anne McCormick Sullivan of the Houston Fire |
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Department on May 31, 2013, at the age of 24; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Sullivan and three other Houston firefighters |
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lost their lives in the line of duty while they were searching a |
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burning restaurant and motel for people who might be trapped; |
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thirteen other members of the department were injured in what was |
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the deadliest fire in the history of the Houston Fire Department; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Anne Sullivan was born in Houston on December 4, |
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1988, to Jack and Mary Moore Sullivan; she was a star soccer player |
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and cross-country runner at Dulles High School, where she was |
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recognized as athlete of the year; and |
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WHEREAS, After her graduation, Ms. Sullivan decided to pursue |
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her lifelong dream of becoming a firefighter, and she enrolled in |
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the Wharton County Junior College Fire Academy; she graduated from |
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the Houston Fire Department Academy in April 2013 and joined the |
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department as a probationary firefighter; and |
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WHEREAS, A loving daughter, sister, and granddaughter, Anne |
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Sullivan was adored by her family for her passion, her fierce |
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loyalty, and her tenacity, and she was respected by her fellow |
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firefighters for her courage and her commitment to the job; she |
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enriched the lives of all who shared in her journey, and those who |
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treasured this extraordinary young woman will forever hold her |
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close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of |
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Anne McCormick Sullivan and extend sincere condolences to the |
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members of her family: to her parents, Mary Moore Sullivan and Jack |
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Sullivan; to her brothers, William and Thomas Sullivan; to her |
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sister, Kate Sullivan; to her grandmother, Shirley Moore Perry; and |
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to her other relatives and many friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Anne |
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McCormick Sullivan. |
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Miller of Fort Bend |
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| Straus |
M. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Oliveira |
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| Allen |
N. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Orr |
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| Anderson |
Gutierrez |
Patrick |
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| Aycock |
Harper-Brown |
Perry |
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| Bell |
Hernandez Luna |
Phillips |
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| Bonnen of Brazoria |
Hilderbran |
Pitts |
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| Bonnen of Galveston |
Howard |
Price |
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| Capriglione |
Keffer |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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| Carter |
King of Hemphill |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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| Clardy |
King of Parker |
Rose |
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| Coleman |
King of Taylor |
Sanford |
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| Collier |
King of Zavala |
Schaefer |
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| Cortez |
Klick |
Sheffield of Bell |
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| Craddick |
Kolkhorst |
Sheffield of Coryell |
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| Crownover |
Kuempel |
Simpson |
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| J. Davis of Harris |
Lavender |
Springer |
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| S. Davis of Harris |
Leach |
Stephenson |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Lewis |
Stickland |
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| Dutton |
Lucio III |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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| Eiland |
Marquez |
Thompson of Harris |
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| Elkins |
Martinez Fischer |
Toth |
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| Fallon |
Martinez |
Turner of Collin |
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| Farias |
McClendon |
Turner of Harris |
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| Farney |
Menendez |
Turner of Tarrant |
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| Fletcher |
Miller of Comal |
Villarreal |
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| Flynn |
Miller of Fort Bend |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 60 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on June 20, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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