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H.R. No. 918
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Senior Patrol Agent Ryan Massey of Del Rio was
awarded the highest medal of valor bestowed by U.S. Customs and
Border Protection on January 7, 2005; and
WHEREAS, Agent Massey received the Meritorious Service Award
for Valor for his heroic actions on the evening of March 14, 2004,
when his Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue unit received a
call from the Uvalde County Sheriff's Office; six travelers in a car
had been swept into the flooding waters of Blanco Creek, and four
members of the party were missing; and
WHEREAS, After receiving word from troopers who had spotted a
woman and three children clinging to a tree in the middle of the
rising waters, Agent Massey quickly tied a line from shore to hooks
clipped to his vest and entered the rough waters upstream of the
victims; he allowed the current to carry him to the victims'
location, where he proceeded to ferry the woman and children, one by
one, to safety on solid ground; and
WHEREAS, Those individuals who place themselves in harm's way
to protect their fellow Texans are truly deserving of our deepest
admiration and gratitude, and Agent Ryan Massey indeed merits
special recognition for his continued readiness to meet the most
challenging crisis head on; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Senior Patrol Agent Ryan Massey on
his receipt of the Meritorious Service Award for Valor from U.S.
Customs and Border Protection and commend him for his remarkable
heroism; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Agent Massey 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. 918 was adopted by the House on April
14, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House