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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 62
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To recognize and commend Ray Castle, Derek Carter, Brendan Jacob, and Caitlyn
McKinley for providing volunteer emergency medical assistance to the victims of
the recent Boston Marathon bombing.
WHEREAS, Ray Castle, an athletic trainer, associate professor, and program
director for LSU's Bachelor of Science program in Athletic Training, attended the Boston
Marathon with three athletic training students from LSU: Derek Carter, Brendan Jacob, and
graduating senior, Caitlyn McKinley; and
WHEREAS, the group volunteered to serve as part of a comprehensive medical
team of over one hundred thirty athletic trainers and athletic training students responsible
for the health and safety needs of the nearly seventeen thousand race entrants serving as first
responders at the finish line and in medical tents; and
WHEREAS, Ray and his students were stationed near the finish line, approximately
fifty meters away from the blast site, and were among the first of the medical personnel to
reach the injured runners and bystanders and provided emergency medical assistance; and
WHEREAS, their efforts and quick response, along with that of so many other health
care providers that day, served to assist over two hundred victims of the disaster and to save
lives; and
WHEREAS, through their response and efforts, the group serves as role models and
a credit to the LSU community, the state of Louisiana and to the athletic training profession
as a whole.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and recognize Ray Castle, Derek Carter, Brendan Jacob, and Caitlyn McKinley
for providing volunteer emergency medical assistance to the victims of the recent Boston
Marathon bombing. SCR NO. 62 ENROLLED
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Ray
Castle, Derek Carter, Brendan Jacob, and Caitlyn McKinley.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES