16 | 15 | | CITY SEAL SWIM. |
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17 | 16 | | WHEREAS, with great pride and special pleasure, we |
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18 | 17 | | recognize and highly honor the 2023 Navy SEAL Foundation New |
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19 | 18 | | York City SEAL Swim; and |
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20 | 19 | | WHEREAS, the 2023 Navy SEAL Foundation New York City |
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21 | 20 | | SEAL Swim will take place on August 19, 2023, and is a |
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22 | 21 | | multi-sport, open-water swimming event held in New York |
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23 | 22 | | City, New York, that brings together former SEALs, Veterans, |
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24 | 23 | | Police Officers, Firefighters, and First Responders from |
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25 | 24 | | across the country to help raise funds for its organization |
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26 | 25 | | that supports NAVY Seals and their families; and |
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27 | 26 | | WHEREAS, the event will start at the Empty Sky |
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28 | 27 | | Memorial in Liberty State Park in New Jersey and will end at |
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29 | 28 | | the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York; participants |
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30 | 29 | | will enter the Hudson River at Liberty State Park, New |
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31 | 30 | | Jersey, and swim to the Statue of Liberty, where they will |
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32 | 31 | | do 100 honor push-ups and 22 pull-ups for their nation’s |
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33 | 32 | | freedoms and civil liberties; the participants will then |
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34 | 33 | | swim from the Statue of Liberty to Ellis Island, where they |
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35 | 34 | | will do 100 honor push-ups and 22 pull-ups for their |
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36 | 35 | | nation’s diversity and all those who came to the nation |
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37 | 36 | | seeking a better life; participants will then swim across |
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38 | 37 | | the Hudson River to Battery Park, Manhattan, New York, where |
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68 | 67 | | they will grab American Flags and run to the World Trade |
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69 | 68 | | Center in Manhattan, New York; at the World Trade Center, |
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70 | 69 | | participants will do 100 honor push-ups and 22 pull-ups to |
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71 | 70 | | honor all those who lost their lives on 9/11, Extortion 17, |
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72 | 71 | | and all Americans who put their lives on the line for their |
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73 | 72 | | nation; and |
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74 | 73 | | WHEREAS, dedicated Navy Seal and proud Alabamian, |
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75 | 74 | | Lieutenant Commander (Retired) Richard Clifford, will |
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76 | 75 | | participate in the 2023 Navy SEAL Foundation New York City |
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77 | 76 | | SEAL Swim; LCDR Clifford joined the military in 1986 (BUDs |
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78 | 77 | | class 142); during his 31 years of active duty, he served |
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79 | 78 | | combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan; for his service in |
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80 | 79 | | Afghanistan, he received a Bronze Star and two Combat Action |
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81 | 80 | | Ribbons; he enlisted to Officer and retired in 2017 at the |
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82 | 81 | | rank of Lieutenant Commander; now therefore, |
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83 | 82 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH |
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84 | 83 | | HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That we recognize and highly |
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85 | 84 | | honor the 2023 Navy SEAL Foundation New York City SEAL Swim, |
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86 | 85 | | and we hereby dedicate this resolution to the remarkable |
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87 | 86 | | event with utmost appreciation, admiration, and regard. |
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