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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 329
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize Tammie Jo Shults for her heroic actions on April 17, 2018, |
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while piloting Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, which departed from |
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New York's LaGuardia Airport and was bound for Dallas; and |
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WHEREAS, En route, the plane suffered catastrophic engine |
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failure that jolted the plane and sent metal debris into the air |
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and cabin, causing rapid decompression and a window to rip open; |
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Mrs. Shults and her copilot were forced to use hand signals to |
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communicate with one another because the cockpit was loud and |
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shaking, yet amazingly, Mrs. Shults managed to remain calm and |
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used her prior training as a fighter pilot in the United States |
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Navy to safely land the plane in Philadelphia; and |
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WHEREAS, After the remarkable emergency landing in |
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Philadelphia, Mrs. Shults walked back to the cabin to personally |
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comfort each of the passengers, one of whom had unfortunately |
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sustained life-threatening injuries; and |
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WHEREAS, Tammie Jo Shults has had an exceptional aviation |
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career; she was one of the first females to fly the F/A-18 Hornet, |
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and she assisted her squadron by serving as an aggressor pilot in |
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training missions during Operation Desert Storm; and |
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WHEREAS, She was awarded the rank of lieutenant commander |
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in December of 1995, and she continued to serve in the navy |
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reserve until August of 2001; she was inducted into the Texas |
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Women's Hall of Fame in January of 2019; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition, Mrs. Shults is an active member in her |
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community; she teaches Sunday school at her church, among other |
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humanitarian endeavors, and she has generously allowed victims of |
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Hurricane Rita to stay in a cottage on her property; she is known as |
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a woman who has nerves of steel and who treats others with the |
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greatest of kindness and empathy; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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Legislature, hereby commend Tammie Jo Shults for her outstanding |
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career in aviation and for courageously saving the lives of the |
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passengers and the crew by piloting Southwest Airlines Flight |
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1380 to a safe emergency landing; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in |
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honor of Tammie Jo Shults and as an expression of highest regard |
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from the Texas Senate. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 19, 2019. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |