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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Peru Firefighters, | ||||||
| 4 | Lieutenant Neil Nadolski, Ben Bentley, and Alex Duncan, who | ||||||
| 5 | received the Firefighter Excellence Award from the Office of | ||||||
| 6 | the State Fire Marshall for their heroism during an incident | ||||||
| 7 | occurring on September 29, 2017; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, On September 29, 2017, the Peru Fire Department | ||||||
| 9 | received a call to aid the LaSalle Fire Department with a house | ||||||
| 10 | fire and were informed that an individual was trapped in the | ||||||
| 11 | home; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Lieutenant Neil Nadolski, Ben Bentley, Alex | ||||||
| 13 | Duncan, and a LaSalle firefighter entered the home to rescue | ||||||
| 14 | the individual and were met with zero visibility and smoke | ||||||
| 15 | banking the door; due to the conditions in the home and the | ||||||
| 16 | presence of numerous cats, they could not immediately locate | ||||||
| 17 | the victim; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, These four brave first responders continued to | ||||||
| 19 | call out to the victim, but due to the yowling of the cats and | ||||||
| 20 | the roaring fire, they could not hear the woman; they persisted | ||||||
| 21 | in their search for her; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The fire soon consumed the doorway that was their | ||||||
| 2 | only exit from the house, and the heat and the smoke | ||||||
| 3 | intensified; the firefighters persisted in their search and | ||||||
| 4 | found the victim unresponsive in her recliner; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The firefighters removed the victim from the house | ||||||
| 6 | through a nearby window, and because of their bravery and quick | ||||||
| 7 | response, the woman survived for two weeks before succumbing to | ||||||
| 8 | exposure from the fire; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 10 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 11 | congratulate Lieutenant Neil Nadolski, Ben Bentley, and Alex | ||||||
| 12 | Duncan for receiving the Firefighter Excellence Award, and we | ||||||
| 13 | commend the bravery of the LaSalle and Peru firefighters in | ||||||
| 14 | extinguishing the house fire on September 29, 2017; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to Lieutenant Neil Nadolski, Ben Bentley, Alex | ||||||
| 18 | Duncan, Peru Fire Chief Jeff King, and LaSalle Fire Chief Andy | ||||||
| 19 | Bacidore.
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