Full Text of HR1268 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize examples of citizenship by | 4 | | young people; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, On May 2, 2016, Christian Harris, age 10, was | 6 | | working on schoolwork in front of his family home's
picture | 7 | | window; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Christian Harris witnessed his neighbor across | 9 | | the street fall into the traffic lane on his street; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Christian Harris's neighbor, Duncan G. Leitch, | 11 | | the nearly 93-year-old father of Rep. David R. Leitch, broke
| 12 | | his hip in the fall; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Christian Harris summoned his mother, Carrie, who | 14 | | called for an ambulance; they rushed into the
street with a | 15 | | blanket and pillow to comfort Mr. Leitch and secured vehicles | 16 | | in front and back to protect
him from on-coming traffic; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, The Harris family, including Christian, his | 18 | | mother, Carrie, his father, Anthony, and four-year-old | 19 | | brother,
Mark, went to the hospital that day to express their | 20 | | concern; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Word spread quickly of Christian Harris' fast | 2 | | action; the Indianola, Iowa City Council presented
Christian | 3 | | Harris with its Citizenship Award; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Leitch, his brother, Brian, and sister, Carol | 5 | | Fries, are grateful for their father's rescue and
anticipated | 6 | | recovery; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
| 8 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 | | commend Christian Harris for his fast thinking in response to | 10 | | Duncan Leitch's fall and we wish him every success in his | 11 | | future; and be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to Christian Harris as an expression of our esteem | 14 | | and respect.
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