Bill Text: IL HJR0044 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the heroic actions taken by Highland FIRE-EMS paramedics Todd Zobrist and Ty Barr, and Highland Police Officers Sergeant Aric Steinbeck, Officer Shawn Bland, Officer Heather Kunz, and Officer Chris Clewis.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-04-06 - Resolution Adopted [HJR0044 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HJR0044-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly wish | ||||||
| 3 | to recognize and appreciate the heroism
which took place the | ||||||
| 4 | morning of March 16, 2017 by Highland FIRE-EMS Paramedic
Todd | ||||||
| 5 | Zobrist, Paramedic Ty Barr, Highland Police Department | ||||||
| 6 | Sergeant Aric Steinbeck, Officer Shawn
Bland, Officer Heather | ||||||
| 7 | Kunz, and Officer Chris Clewis; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, At 5:30 a.m., Todd Zobrist and Ty Barr had already | ||||||
| 9 | worked nearly a 24-hour
shift when they responded to an | ||||||
| 10 | emergency at Silver Lake, where an SUV was partially submerged; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, When Todd Zobrist and Ty Barr arrived at Silver | ||||||
| 13 | Lake, they could still see the headlights from the
SUV beaming | ||||||
| 14 | through the cold water; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, They knew they must act fast knowing that | ||||||
| 16 | firefighters with a boat and special diving gear were stuck
at | ||||||
| 17 | a railroad crossing; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Todd Zobrist swam 75 feet in life-threatening 46 | ||||||
| 19 | degree
water, where he found an infant boy floating inside the | ||||||
| 20 | SUV; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Todd Zobrist performed CPR on the baby boy while | ||||||
| 2 | on the roof of the SUV; the baby boy began to breathe on his
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| 3 | own; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, After about seven minutes since arriving on the | ||||||
| 5 | scene, in dark, cold conditions, Todd Zobrist
brought the | ||||||
| 6 | infant back to shore safely; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Officer Shawn Bland assisted paramedics to get the | ||||||
| 8 | baby and the now hypothermic
paramedic, Todd Zobrist, into the | ||||||
| 9 | ambulance to be rushed to the hospital; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Officer Heather Kunz provided resuscitation | ||||||
| 11 | efforts and warming to the baby in the
ambulance; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Officer Chris Clewis drove the ambulance to the | ||||||
| 13 | hospital so that paramedic Ty Barr could
care for the baby and | ||||||
| 14 | his partner, Todd Zobrist; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Police Sergeant Aric Steinbeck kept the emergency | ||||||
| 16 | scene under control and handled important
communications while | ||||||
| 17 | others were occupied; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 19 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | ||||||
| 20 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we recognize and show our sincere | ||||||
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| 1 | gratitude for the heroic actions taken by Highland FIRE-EMS | ||||||
| 2 | paramedics Todd Zobrist and Ty Barr, and Highland Police | ||||||
| 3 | Officers Sergeant Aric Steinbeck, Officer Shawn Bland, Officer | ||||||
| 4 | Heather Kunz, and Officer Chris Clewis; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to Paramedic Todd Zobrist, Paramedic
Ty Barr, | ||||||
| 7 | Sergeant Aric Steinbeck, Officer Shawn Bland, Officer Heather | ||||||
| 8 | Kunz, and Officer Chris Clewis as a
symbol of our admiration | ||||||
| 9 | and respect.
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