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H.R. No. 651
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Those individuals who risk their personal safety in
order to come to the aid of their fellow Texans are truly heroes
deserving of special recognition and gratitude; and
WHEREAS, Del Rio resident Richard D. Urban, Jr., and
Department of Public Safety Troopers Joe E. Dueñez and Bobby White
are three such individuals, as their actions of June 2003
eloquently demonstrate; and
WHEREAS, Toward the end of their shift, Troopers Dueñez and
White were summoned to an emergency call, and on arriving at the
U.S. Highway 277 bridge saw two women holding onto a man who had
leaped the railing and was attempting to throw himself off the
bridge; and
WHEREAS, The troopers quickly moved to take hold of the man,
who was struggling and screaming, but found that they were unable to
pull him to safety; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Urban, who had observed the scene in passing,
offered his help to the troopers, and together they succeeded in
pulling the man back to safety; and
WHEREAS, In recognition of their timely and courageous
action, Troopers Dueñez and White were awarded the DPS Director's
Citation and Mr. Urban received the DPS Director's Award, and these
honors are indeed merited by the trio's actions; now, therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby honor Joe E. Dueñez, Richard D. Urban, Jr., and
Bobby White for their valiant efforts in behalf of their fellow
Texans and extend to each of them sincere best wishes for the
future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared
for the three men as an expression of high regard by the Texas House
of Representatives.
Gallego
Craddick Geren Menendez
Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt
Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller
Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris
Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso
Anderson Goolsby Morrison
Bailey Griggs Mowery
Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat
Berman Guillen Nixon
Blake Haggerty Noriega
Bohac Hamilton Oliveira
Bonnen Hamric Olivo
Branch Hardcastle Orr
Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto
Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton
Burnam Hegar Pena
Callegari Herrero Phillips
Campbell Hilderbran Pickett
Casteel Hill Pitts
Castro Hochberg Puente
Chavez Hodge Quintanilla
Chisum Homer Raymond
Coleman Hope Reyna
Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle
Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter
Corte Hughes Rodriguez
Crabb Hunter Rose
Crownover Hupp Seaman
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris
Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis
Denny Keel Solomons
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama
Driver Keffer of Eastland Straus
Dukes King of Parker Swinford
Dunnam King of Zavala Talton
Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor
Edwards Krusee Thompson
Eiland Kuempel Truitt
Eissler Laney Turner
Elkins Laubenberg Uresti
Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale
Farabee Luna Veasey
Farrar Madden Villarreal
Flores Martinez Vo
Flynn Martinez Fischer West
Frost McCall Wong
Gallego McClendon Woolley
Gattis McReynolds Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 651 was adopted by the House on March
17, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House