Senate Bill 1228

    Florida Senate - 2000        (NP)                      SR 1228

    By Senator Kurth





    15-503-00

  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution recognizing those honorees of the

  3         Carnegie Hero Fund who live in this state.

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  5         WHEREAS, the Carnegie Hero Fund was created in 1904,

  6  following a massive coal mine explosion in Pennsylvania in

  7  which two men died during the attempt to save the hundreds of

  8  injured miners, and

  9         WHEREAS, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission has

10  recognized the heroic acts of over 8,200 individuals.

11  Recipients of the award receive grants, scholarship aid, and a

12  medal with the inscription "Greater love hath no man than

13  this, that a man lay down his life for his friends," and

14         WHEREAS, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission defines a

15  hero as "a civilian who knowingly risks his or her own life to

16  an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the

17  life of another person," and

18         WHEREAS, the heroic deeds of these men and women

19  strengthen our communities and society, and they are role

20  models who should be recognized by the people of the State of

21  Florida, NOW, THEREFORE,

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23  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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25         That the Florida Senate congratulates all those

26  Floridians who have won the Carnegie medal and recognizes them

27  for the outstanding example they have set for us.

28         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a plaque with the names of

29  these individuals be placed in the Capitol as a reminder of

30  their heroic acts of courage.

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