Full Text of SR0745 93rd General Assembly
SR0745 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were very saddened to learn of the tragic death of 2nd | 4 |
| Lieutenant Brett J. Harman, U.S.M.C., of Park Ridge on | 5 |
| September 4, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Lieutenant Harman and his best friend, Kevin | 7 |
| McCann of Park Ridge, died in a shooting incident following a | 8 |
| brawl at a tailgate party on the campus of North Carolina State | 9 |
| University; Brett was mortally wounded defending Kevin; in | 10 |
| response, Kevin tackled the shooter and was shot and killed; | 11 |
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| WHEREAS, Brett and Kevin had been friends since childhood | 13 |
| and top wrestlers for their high schools; Brett was stationed | 14 |
| in North Carolina and was getting ready for deployment to Iraq | 15 |
| in January, and Kevin and a half-dozen other pals had traveled | 16 |
| from Chicago to spend the long holiday weekend with him; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Brett graduated from Maine South High School in | 18 |
| 1999, where he played football and was a varsity wrestler, | 19 |
| ranked in the top ten nationally in his division; he was also | 20 |
| the captain of the Maine South High School wrestling squad for | 21 |
| two years; and
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| WHEREAS, Lieutenant Harman joined the U.S. Marine Corps in | 23 |
| May of 2003 after graduating from the Naval Academy, which he | 24 |
| attended on a full wrestling scholarship; he was a second | 25 |
| lieutenant with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, and was | 26 |
| stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; and
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| WHEREAS, Lieutenant Harman was greatly admired and | 28 |
| respected by friends, by former teammates, opponents, and | 29 |
| coaches, and by the Marines in his platoon; he will be | 30 |
| remembered as a born leader who had a naturally positive |
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| outlook on life; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Lieutenant Harman has been deeply | 3 |
| felt by many, especially his parents, Nancy J. (Terry) Tighe | 4 |
| and Thomas Harman; his brother, Robert W.; his grandparents, | 5 |
| Robert and Barbara Johnson; his aunts and uncles, Jeffrey | 6 |
| (Ann), Barbara, and Roberta Johnson; and his nephew, Jack | 7 |
| Tiebout; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 |
| Lieutenant Brett J. Harman, U.S.M.C., who was taken from this | 11 |
| life too soon, and we extend our sincerest condolences to his | 12 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 16 |
| sympathy.
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