Full Text of SR0746 93rd General Assembly
SR0746 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 Kevin McCann | 4 |
| of Park Ridge on September 4, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Following a brawl at a tailgate party on the | 6 |
| campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North | 7 |
| Carolina, Brett Harman, Kevin's best friend since childhood, | 8 |
| was mortally wounded, and Kevin, in defense of his friend, | 9 |
| immediately jumped to tackle the shooter, and was shot and | 10 |
| killed; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Kevin McCann and Brett Harman grew up together and | 12 |
| were top wrestlers for their high schools; Brett, a U.S. | 13 |
| Marine, was stationed in North Carolina and was scheduled to be | 14 |
| deployed to Iraq in January; Kevin and other friends had | 15 |
| traveled from Chicago to visit Brett over the Labor Day | 16 |
| weekend; it was said that neither boy had a serious bone in | 17 |
| their bodies, and that they were such happy-go-lucky kids; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Kevin graduated from Notre Dame High School in | 19 |
| Niles in 1999; he was a captain of the varsity wrestling team, | 20 |
| an All-Conference wrestler, a conference, regional, and | 21 |
| sectional wrestling champion, and a starting player on the | 22 |
| varsity football team; and
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| WHEREAS, Kevin went on to graduate from the University of | 24 |
| Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he majored in business and was a | 25 |
| three-year varsity letterman in wrestling; in both the | 26 |
| classroom and in competition, he continued to earn the respect | 27 |
| and admiration of friends and teammates who shared the opinion | 28 |
| that Kevin was an outstanding individual; and | 29 |
| WHEREAS, He recently began a career as an insurance broker, | 30 |
| working as an account executive at Mesirow Financial in |
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| Chicago; in the brief time he was there, his co-workers | 2 |
| recognized that Kevin was an individual of rare confidence and | 3 |
| competence; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Kevin was a young man of remarkable ability, | 5 |
| impressive accomplishment, and exceptional potential; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Kevin McCann will be deeply felt by
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| many, especially his parents, Jane and Dennis McCann; his | 8 |
| brother Terry (Eileen) McCann; and many other relatives, | 9 |
| friends, and former coaches and teammates;
therefore, be it | 10 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 12 |
| Kevin McCann along with all who knew and loved him and extend | 13 |
| our sincerest condolences to his family and friends; and be it | 14 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| presented to his family as an expression of our
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| sympathy.
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