PRINTER'S NO. 1330
No. 111 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, ARMSTRONG, BELL, BODACK, BRIGHTBILL, CONTI, CORMAN, COSTA, DENT, EARLL, ERICKSON, FUMO, GERLACH, GREENLEAF, HELFRICK, HOLL, HUGHES, JUBELIRER, KASUNIC, KITCHEN, KUKOVICH, LAVALLE, LEMMOND, LOGAN, MADIGAN, MELLOW, MOWERY, MURPHY, MUSTO, O'PAKE, ORIE, PICCOLA, PUNT, RHOADES, ROBBINS, SCARNATI, SCHWARTZ, STACK, STOUT, TARTAGLIONE, THOMPSON, TOMLINSON, WAGNER, WAUGH, WENGER, D. WHITE, M. WHITE, WILLIAMS AND WOZNIAK, SEPTEMBER 25, 2001
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, SEPTEMBER 25, 2001
A RESOLUTION 1 Recognizing and applauding the efforts of Pennsylvanians who 2 volunteered in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. 3 WHEREAS, On September 11, 2001, we Americans suffered our 4 saddest hour when heinous and barbaric acts of terrorism were 5 committed against our homeland; and 6 WHEREAS, These reprehensible and despicable acts were 7 committed in New York City, where two planes crashed into the 8 World Trade Center, and in the vicinity of our nation's capital, 9 where yet another plane crashed into the Pentagon; and 10 WHEREAS, These acts claimed the lives of countless Americans; 11 and 12 WHEREAS, Pennsylvanians, in the wake of these horrific 13 attacks, immediately responded to the needs of their injured and 14 victimized fellow Americans; and 15 WHEREAS, Volunteers, far too many to name and count, from all
1 over this Commonwealth, reached out to the victims of these 2 terrible attacks by offering their time and services, skills and 3 talents, as well as donations of their own money and blood; 4 therefore be it 5 RESOLVED, That the Senate applaud the Pennsylvania volunteers 6 for their tireless efforts and commitment to aiding their 7 neighbors in New York City and in the Washington, D.C., area and 8 recognize their heroic acts. I25L82VDL/20010S0111R1330 - 2 -