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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, Faith Dremmer was fatally injured last month while 
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on a spring break bike trip in downstate Illinois with 2 of her 
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friends; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, The 17-year-old student was cycling with her 
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companions when an elderly driver crossed over the center line 
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and hit the girls head on with a minivan; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Ms. Dremmer was pronounced dead at a hospital in 
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Eldorado, while her friends, both 18, were taken to hospitals 
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in Indiana; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, The girls were riding on rural roads about 320 
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miles south of Chicago when the tragic accident occurred; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, The Gallatin County Coroner was driving past the 
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site of the accident shortly after it happened; by chance, he 
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was the first person on the scene; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Coroner Tony Cox found all 3 young women 
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unconscious in a ditch and immediately began giving emergency 
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medical attention to the girls before they were taken to the 
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hospital; and
  
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, If not for the emergency assistance provided by 
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Coroner Tony Cox, the other 2 young women may not have 
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survived; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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recognize and thank Gallatin County Coroner Tony Cox for his 
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heroic efforts in saving the lives of 2 young women; and be it 
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further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That we designate June 1, 2010 as Tony Cox Day in 
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the State of Illinois; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Gallatin County Coroner Tony Cox.