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90_HR0343
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Fire Fighter/Paramedic Patrick J. King on
4 February 11, 1998; and
5 WHEREAS, He was born on February 24, 1957 and shortly
6 before his twentieth birthday, on December 1, 1976, he joined
7 the Chicago Fire Department as a paramedic; and
8 WHEREAS, He was promoted to Paramedic Officer on August
9 16, 1979 and was assigned to Ambulance 22 on Chicago's
10 southside on May 1, 1983; he transferred to Ambulance 18 on
11 December 16, 1984 and remained there until January 4, 1995
12 when he transferred to Ambulance 17; and
13 WHEREAS, On May 16, 1996, he accepted an offer to cross
14 train and entered the Robert Quinn Fire Academy as a
15 candidate fire fighter; following more than three months of
16 training he was assigned to Truck 45 in the same firehouse as
17 Ambulance 17, his former assignment as a paramedic; and
18 WHEREAS, He was on Truck 45 when he responded to his last
19 alarm on the evening of February 11, 1998; and
20 WHEREAS, Fire Fighter/Paramedic Patrick J. King was the
21 first paramedic on the Chicago Fire Department to die in the
22 line of duty; and
23 WHEREAS, He was awarded the City of Chicago Honorable
24 Mention Award as well as several letters of commendation; and
25 WHEREAS, His passing will be deeply felt by family and
26 friends, especially his wife, Gina; his mother; and two
27 brothers; therefore, be it
28 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
29 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
30 note with sorrow and regret the death of Patrick J. King and
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1 offer our sincere condolences to his family; and be it
2 further
3 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to
4 his widow, Gina King.