Full Text of SR1782 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On May 2, 2018, a WC-130 Hercules cargo plane
| 3 | | traveling from Savannah, Georgia to Tucson, Arizona crashed
| 4 | | shortly after takeoff killing all nine service members on | 5 | | board; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The nine service members were part of the 156th
| 7 | | Airlift Wing, which is home to the "Bucaneros" and had nearly
| 8 | | 170 years of combined service experience; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The plane, attached to the Puerto Rico Air
| 10 | | National Guard 156th Airlift Wing, was being decommissioned
| 11 | | after more than 40 years of use; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, As part of Puerto Rico's Air National Guard fleet,
| 13 | | the plane could be outfitted for transport, reconnaissance,
| 14 | | search and rescue, research, refueling, patrol, or as a | 15 | | gunship; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, During the 2017 hurricane season, the Puerto Rico
| 17 | | Air National Guard used the aircraft to rescue Americans from
| 18 | | the British Virgin Islands after Hurricane Irma; later, it
| 19 | | supplied much needed food and water to Puerto Ricans after
| 20 | | Hurricane Maria; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The roles of the nine airmen who perished were
| 2 | | essential during each mission in which they participated,
| 3 | | including the 2017 hurricane recovery rescue and resupply
| 4 | | efforts; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Major Jose R. Roman Rosado, the pilot, had 18 | 6 | | years
of service; he is survived by his wife and two sons; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Major Carlos Perez Serra, the aircraft navigator, | 8 | | had 23
years of service; he is survived by his wife, two sons, | 9 | | and a
daughter; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, First Lieutenant David Albandoz, the co-pilot, | 11 | | had
16 years of service; he is survived by his wife and | 12 | | daughter; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Senior Master Sergeant Jan Paravisini, an | 14 | | aircraft
mechanic with 21 years of service, is survived by two | 15 | | daughters
and a son; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Jean Audriffred, an airman with 16
| 17 | | years of service, is survived by his wife and two sons; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Mario Brana, the flight engineer,
| 19 | | had 17 years of service; he is survived by his mother and
| 20 | | daughter; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Victor Colon, an airman with 22 | 2 | | years
of service, is survived by his wife and two daughters; | 3 | | and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Eric Circuns, a loadmaster with 31
| 5 | | years of services, is survived by his wife, two stepdaughters,
| 6 | | and a son; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Senior Airman Roberto Espada had three years of
| 8 | | service; he is survived by his grandmother; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The crash with nine fatalities brings the total
| 10 | | number of noncombat-related wrecks of military aircraft to | 11 | | seven
so far this year, resulting in 27 United States service | 12 | | member
deaths; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Honoring the courageous men and women who serve in
| 14 | | uniform is of the highest priority for the Illinois Senate; | 15 | | therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we honor the lives and | 18 | | the memory of the
nine Puerto Rican service members killed in | 19 | | the noncombat-related
military plane crash in Savannah, | 20 | | Georgia; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That we extend our deepest condolences to
the | 2 | | families and loved ones of the fallen airmen; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the families of the nine Puerto Rican service | 5 | | members.
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