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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, San Antonio resident and retired emergency room |
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doctor Earl Smith came to the aid of a fellow player at the Men's |
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Senior Baseball League/Men's Adult Baseball League National World |
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Series in November 2006, helping to save the man's life; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Smith, who was in Phoenix with the San Antonio |
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Rangers, had just watched his team pull off a rare triple play, when |
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he heard cries for help from a neighboring playing field; he |
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quickly responded to the calls and ran to the field, where he found |
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Bill Smith, a Chicago resident in town for the annual baseball |
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tournament, unconscious on the ground after suffering an apparent |
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heart attack; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Smith immediately began performing |
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cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the stricken man; with the |
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assistance of a registered nurse who was in the stands, an automated |
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external defibrillator was used and helped to restore the man's |
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heartbeat, preventing brain damage and possible death; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Dr. Smith's baseball team was eliminated |
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from the 58+ division earlier than he and his teammates had hoped, |
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his makeshift emergency room squad came through in the clutch to |
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save a life on that November day, and his grace under pressure in |
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that life-or-death situation made winners of all involved in that |
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traumatic experience; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize Dr. Earl Smith for his role in saving |
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the life of Bill Smith and commend him for his heroism and |
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life-saving actions; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Smith as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |