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Resolution 112-2014Commissioner David Rice RESOLUTION NO. 112 - 2014 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA IN RECOGNITION OF THE BRAVERY AND HEROISM OF JOHN CALLION AND JAMES PLATT, TWO YOUNG MARATHON RESIDENTS, IN THE RECENT SMALL PLANE CRASH ON THE BAYSIDE OF MARATHON, FLORIDA. WHEREAS, on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at approximately 8:45 P.M., two young Marathon residents, while out fishing in a small boat, witnessed a small plane crash into the bay, approximately a mile offshore of Marathon, as a severe cold front with strong winds was just hitting the Middle Keys; and WHEREAS, when called to report the crash, the Coast Guard advised them to get back to shore due to the hazardous weather and small craft warnings in effect, and they would be sending out a rescue vessel as soon as the front passed; and WHEREAS, the two young men were determined that they were going to go assist the plane occupants and get them to shore, as conditions were quickly getting worse with the approaching front; and WHEREAS, they were able to assist the pilot and passenger, Mr. James Tharpe and his wife, to exit the plane and get them into their boat and safely to shore to awaiting emergency medical personnel; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida would like to take this opportunity to publicly express their appreciation and gratitude to each of these young men, John Callion and James Platt, for their heroism and bravery under challenging weather conditions, in the rescue of the occupants of the crashed plane. Their quick - thinking and selfless action saved two people from a worsening situation in the storm - roughened water and what could have been a very dangerous swim to shore. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the l l day of June, 2014. F MONROE COU ,FLORIDA y� aw'OC40-10 t�� M or Sylvia Murphy MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY APPROVED AS TO FORM: o CHRISTINE M. LIMBERT- BARROWS ASSIST COUNTY ATTORNEY Date —) "z 1 114 Mayor Sylvia Murphy yes c ev Mayor pro tem Danny L. Kolhage yes c = '�' .. commissioner Heather Carruthers yes W • George Neugent yes CZ: a C.4 -Commissioner David Rice Yes cr z? �` rz C BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS © a E ., F MONROE COU ,FLORIDA y� aw'OC40-10 t�� M or Sylvia Murphy MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY APPROVED AS TO FORM: o CHRISTINE M. LIMBERT- BARROWS ASSIST COUNTY ATTORNEY Date —) "z 1 114