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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of
3 Illinois were shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the
4 tragic deaths of 21 people in a stampede at a Chicago
5 nightclub on Monday, February 17, 2003; and
6 WHEREAS, Nicole Rainey, Teresa Johnson-Gordon, Danielle
7 Greene, and Charita Rhodes were residents of Senate District
8 4 and were victims of this tragedy; and
9 WHEREAS, Nicole Rainey of Bollingbrook and Chicago was 25
10 years old; she had attended Austin High School and was the
11 mother of 5 children, the youngest of whom is three weeks
12 old; and
13 WHEREAS, Teresa Johnson-Gordon was 31; she was a resident
14 of Berwyn and a mother of three, ages nine, six, and four;
15 she worked as a certified nursing assistant at a nursing
16 home; and
17 WHEREAS, Danielle Green was 23 and a resident of
18 Broadview; she was an operator with AT&T Broadband and was
19 taking classes at a downtown school; she will be remembered
20 as fun-loving and easygoing; and
21 WHEREAS, Charita Rhodes was 19 and a resident of the West
22 Side; she was an Austin High School graduate taking classes
23 at Malcolm X College; she wanted to be a nurse; and
24 WHEREAS, The seventeen others who died in the panic
25 ranged in age from 21 to 43 years of age and their passing
26 will forever alter the lives of their families, friends, and
27 loved ones; they are: Nita Anthony; Robert Brown; Demetrica
28 Carwell; Bianca Ferguson; Kevin Gayden; Debra Gill; Chanta
29 Jackson; David Jones; Charles Lard; LaTorya McGraw; Antonio
30 Myers; Nicole Patterson; DaShand Ray; Damien Riley; Maurice
31 Robinson; Eazay Rogers; and Michael Wilson; therefore, be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the tragic
3 passing of so many people and offer our sincerest condolences
4 to their family, friends, and loved ones; and be it further
5 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
6 presented to the families of the aforementioned victims as a
7 token of our deepest sympathy and with the sincere wish that
8 such a tragedy never occur again.