Bill Text: PA HR114 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commending Center Rock, Inc., and its owner, Brandon Fisher, for the pivotal role they played in the rescue of the 33 Chilean miners on October 13, 2010, in Copiapo, Chile.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 27-13)

Status: (Passed) 2011-03-08 - Adopted (198-0) [HR114 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR114-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 990
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 114 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY METZGAR, BROOKS, BAKER, BARRAR, BOBACK, B. BOYLE, BRENNAN, CAUSER, DALEY, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, ELLIS, EVERETT, FREEMAN, GABLER, GEORGE, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, KORTZ, MAJOR, MARSHALL, MATZIE, MUSTIO, PARKER, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PICKETT, PYLE, READSHAW, SAMUELSON, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SONNEY, STEVENSON AND SWANGER, MARCH 4, 2011
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MARCH 4, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Commending Center Rock, Inc., and its owner, Brandon Fisher, for
the pivotal role they played in the rescue of the 33 Chilean
miners on October 13, 2010, in Copiapo, Chile.
WHEREAS, On August 5, 2010, a cave-in in the San Jose copper
mine near Copiapo, Chile trapped 33 men 2,300 feet underground;
and
WHEREAS, A small company in Berlin, Somerset County, that had
been instrumental in the 2002 Quecreek mine rescue in
Pennsylvania, was called upon by industry experts and the
Chilean government to drill a rescue bore hole to try to reach
the 33 miners; and
WHEREAS, The company, Center Rock, Inc., its engineers and
its owner, Brandon Fisher, have created pneumatic-driven air
compressor custom drills with bits that chip away at rock like a
jackhammer, and it was an extremely complex project to drill
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through the hard rock while maintaining the safety of the
trapped men below; and
WHEREAS, Fisher worked with a Center Rock supplier, Driller
Supply of South America, to drill the hole and projected that
the men would be reached shortly before Christmas; and
WHEREAS, Rescue workers, family members and government
officials were overjoyed on Saturday, October 9, when the drill
broke through the final 100 feet of rock, months ahead of
schedule; and
WHEREAS, Fisher returned to the United States on Tuesday,
October 12, and watched, along with the rest of the world, as
each man emerged from the hole his drills had produced, thrilled
that all 33 men and six rescue workers were safe and uninjured
by the extraction process; and
WHEREAS, Many hundreds of workers made the rescue possible
and the Chilean government's support of the rescue was
essential, but their efforts would have been much more difficult
without the precision drills provided by Center Rock and Fisher,
who was on-site throughout the drilling process; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commend Center
Rock, Inc., and its owner, Brandon Fisher, for the pivotal role
they played in the rescue of the 33 Chilean miners on October
13, 2010, in Copiapo, Chile.
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