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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot express the sorrow felt at the passing |
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of firefighter Anne McCormick Sullivan of the Houston Fire |
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Department on May 31, 2013, at the age of 24; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Sullivan and three other Houston firefighters |
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lost their lives in the line of duty while they were searching a |
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burning restaurant and motel for people who might be trapped; |
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thirteen other members of the department were injured in what was |
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the deadliest fire in the history of the Houston Fire Department; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Anne Sullivan was born in Houston on December 4, |
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1988, to Jack and Mary Moore Sullivan; she was a star soccer player |
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and cross-country runner at Dulles High School, where she was |
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recognized as athlete of the year; and |
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WHEREAS, After her graduation, Ms. Sullivan decided to pursue |
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her lifelong dream of becoming a firefighter, and she enrolled in |
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the Wharton County Junior College Fire Academy; she graduated from |
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the Houston Fire Department Academy in April 2013 and joined the |
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department as a probationary firefighter; and |
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WHEREAS, A loving daughter, sister, and granddaughter, Anne |
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Sullivan was adored by her family for her passion, her fierce |
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loyalty, and her tenacity, and she was respected by her fellow |
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firefighters for her courage and her commitment to the job; she |
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enriched the lives of all who shared in her journey, and those who |
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treasured this extraordinary young woman will forever hold her |
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close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of |
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Anne McCormick Sullivan and extend sincere condolences to the |
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members of her family: to her parents, Mary Moore Sullivan and Jack |
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Sullivan; to her brothers, William and Thomas Sullivan; to her |
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sister, Kate Sullivan; to her grandmother, Shirley Moore Perry; and |
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to her other relatives and many friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Anne |
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McCormick Sullivan. |