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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| were very saddened to learn of the tragic death of 2nd |
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| Lieutenant Brett J. Harman, U.S.M.C., of Park Ridge on |
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| September 4, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Lieutenant Harman and his best friend, Kevin |
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| McCann of Park Ridge, died in a shooting incident following a |
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| brawl at a tailgate party on the campus of North Carolina State |
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| University; Brett was mortally wounded defending Kevin; in |
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| response, Kevin tackled the shooter and was shot and killed; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Brett and Kevin had been friends since childhood |
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| and top wrestlers for their high schools; Brett was stationed |
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| in North Carolina and was getting ready for deployment to Iraq |
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| in January, and Kevin and a half-dozen other pals had traveled |
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| from Chicago to spend the long holiday weekend with him; and
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| WHEREAS, Brett graduated from Maine South High School in |
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| 1999, where he played football and was a varsity wrestler, |
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| ranked in the top ten nationally in his division; he was also |
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| the captain of the Maine South High School wrestling squad for |
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| two years; and
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| WHEREAS, Lieutenant Harman joined the U.S. Marine Corps in |
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| May of 2003 after graduating from the Naval Academy, which he |
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| attended on a full wrestling scholarship; he was a second |
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| lieutenant with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, and was |
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| stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; and
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| WHEREAS, Lieutenant Harman was greatly admired and |
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| respected by friends, by former teammates, opponents, and |
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| coaches, and by the Marines in his platoon; he will be |
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| remembered as a born leader who had a naturally positive |