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CE2OJQ-1
By Representative Underwood
RFD: RULES
First Read: 23-May-23
2023 Regular Session
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HJR___ RECOGNIZING THE 2023 NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION NEW YORK
CITY SEAL SWIM.
WHEREAS, with great pride and special pleasure, we
recognize and highly honor the 2023 Navy SEAL Foundation New
York City SEAL Swim; and
WHEREAS, the 2023 Navy SEAL Foundation New York City
SEAL Swim will take place on August 19, 2023, and is a
multi-sport, open-water swimming event held in New York
City, New York, that brings together former SEALs, Veterans,
Police Officers, Firefighters, and First Responders from
across the country to help raise funds for its organization
that supports NAVY Seals and their families; and
WHEREAS, the event will start at the Empty Sky
Memorial in Liberty State Park in New Jersey and will end at
the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York; participants
will enter the Hudson River at Liberty State Park, New
Jersey, and swim to the Statue of Liberty, where they will
do 100 honor push-ups and 22 pull-ups for their nation’s
freedoms and civil liberties; the participants will then
swim from the Statue of Liberty to Ellis Island, where they
will do 100 honor push-ups and 22 pull-ups for their
nation’s diversity and all those who came to the nation
seeking a better life; participants will then swim across
the Hudson River to Battery Park, Manhattan, New York, where
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they will grab American Flags and run to the World Trade
Center in Manhattan, New York; at the World Trade Center,
participants will do 100 honor push-ups and 22 pull-ups to
honor all those who lost their lives on 9/11, Extortion 17,
and all Americans who put their lives on the line for their
nation; and
WHEREAS, dedicated Navy Seal and proud Alabamian,
Lieutenant Commander (Retired) Richard Clifford, will
participate in the 2023 Navy SEAL Foundation New York City
SEAL Swim; LCDR Clifford joined the military in 1986 (BUDs
class 142); during his 31 years of active duty, he served
combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan; for his service in
Afghanistan, he received a Bronze Star and two Combat Action
Ribbons; he enlisted to Officer and retired in 2017 at the
rank of Lieutenant Commander; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH
HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That we recognize and highly
honor the 2023 Navy SEAL Foundation New York City SEAL Swim,
and we hereby dedicate this resolution to the remarkable
event with utmost appreciation, admiration, and regard.
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