Full Text of HR1053 95th General Assembly
HR1053 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, September 11th is National Firefighters' Day; | 3 |
| there are an estimated 1,140,900 firefighters in the United | 4 |
| States, of which 316,950 are career firefighters and 823,950 | 5 |
| are volunteers; and
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| WHEREAS,
In the past 10 years, there have been an average | 7 |
| of 1,684,200 fires in the United States each year; an average | 8 |
| of 3,597 Americans lose their lives each year in fire-related | 9 |
| tragedies, of which 107 are heroic firefighters dying in the | 10 |
| line of duty; and
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| WHEREAS, These firefighters did not lose their lives in | 12 |
| vain but did so in the attempt to save lives, property, and aid | 13 |
| the general well being of others; and
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| WHEREAS, There is no better example of the true need for | 15 |
| and bravery of American firefighters than on the tragic day of | 16 |
| September 11th, 2001; and
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| WHEREAS, On September 11th, 2001, 2,451 people were killed, | 18 |
| including 341 firefighters, and hundreds were injured, during | 19 |
| the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York | 20 |
| City; in line with their professional duty, hundreds of | 21 |
| firefighters rushed into the burning towers to save lives as |
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| people evacuated the buildings; and
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| WHEREAS, The true bravery of firefighters in America will | 3 |
| never be forgotten after the events of September 11th, nor | 4 |
| should it ever be, as we continue to honor the spirit, | 5 |
| strength, and duty to protect others that our nation's | 6 |
| firefighters display every day; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 |
| recognize the day of September 11th as National Firefighters' | 10 |
| Day and thank the many men and women of the United States who | 11 |
| serve as firefighters and devote themselves to the protection | 12 |
| of others at the risk of their own lives day after day; and be | 13 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to David B. Foreman, State Fire Marshal.
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