Bill Text: VA HJR957 | 2017 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Herndon High School.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-23 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ957ER) [HJR957 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HJR957-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, on the morning of October 6, 2016, Ethan Empfield, a junior at Herndon High School, collapsed on the football field during gym class and stopped breathing; and
WHEREAS, Philip Stone, the school resource officer at Herndon High School, heard calls for help and rushed to the football field where he began to perform chest compressions on the 16-year-old student; and
WHEREAS, Amanda Hudson, the assistant principal of Herndon High School, alerted nursing aide Robin Weinstein to retrieve the school's automated external defibrillator (AED); and
WHEREAS, while Amanda Hudson performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, Robin Weinstein prepped the AED; Philip Stone, Amanda Hudson, and Robin Weinstein relied on their training to provide the proper care until first responders arrived; and
WHEREAS, Joe Griffin, Jack Brown, Al Parker, Fatima Mejia, Dan Coghlan, Brenda Brinckmeyer, Jonathan Frohm, and Irma Munguia also played a role in helping Ethan Empfield; and
WHEREAS, thanks to the quick efforts of the students, faculty, and staff of Herndon High School, Ethan Empfield was transported to a local hospital where he made a full recovery; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the students, faculty, and staff members of Herndon High School who helped save the life of a student in distress in October 2016; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Herndon High School as an expression of the General Assembly's admiration for the heroic, life-saving actions of its students, faculty, and staff.