| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 329 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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| 3 | 3 | | recognize Tammie Jo Shults for her heroic actions on April 17, 2018, |
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| 4 | 4 | | while piloting Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, which departed from |
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| 5 | 5 | | New York's LaGuardia Airport and was bound for Dallas; and |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, En route, the plane suffered catastrophic engine |
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| 7 | 7 | | failure that jolted the plane and sent metal debris into the air |
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| 8 | 8 | | and cabin, causing rapid decompression and a window to rip open; |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. Shults and her copilot were forced to use hand signals to |
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| 10 | 10 | | communicate with one another because the cockpit was loud and |
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| 11 | 11 | | shaking, yet amazingly, Mrs. Shults managed to remain calm and |
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| 12 | 12 | | used her prior training as a fighter pilot in the United States |
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| 13 | 13 | | Navy to safely land the plane in Philadelphia; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, After the remarkable emergency landing in |
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| 15 | 15 | | Philadelphia, Mrs. Shults walked back to the cabin to personally |
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| 16 | 16 | | comfort each of the passengers, one of whom had unfortunately |
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| 17 | 17 | | sustained life-threatening injuries; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Tammie Jo Shults has had an exceptional aviation |
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| 19 | 19 | | career; she was one of the first females to fly the F/A-18 Hornet, |
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| 20 | 20 | | and she assisted her squadron by serving as an aggressor pilot in |
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| 21 | 21 | | training missions during Operation Desert Storm; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, She was awarded the rank of lieutenant commander |
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| 23 | 23 | | in December of 1995, and she continued to serve in the navy |
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| 24 | 24 | | reserve until August of 2001; she was inducted into the Texas |
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| 25 | 25 | | Women's Hall of Fame in January of 2019; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, In addition, Mrs. Shults is an active member in her |
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| 27 | 27 | | community; she teaches Sunday school at her church, among other |
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| 28 | 28 | | humanitarian endeavors, and she has generously allowed victims of |
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| 29 | 29 | | Hurricane Rita to stay in a cottage on her property; she is known as |
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| 30 | 30 | | a woman who has nerves of steel and who treats others with the |
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| 31 | 31 | | greatest of kindness and empathy; now, therefore, be it |
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| 32 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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| 33 | 33 | | Legislature, hereby commend Tammie Jo Shults for her outstanding |
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| 34 | 34 | | career in aviation and for courageously saving the lives of the |
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| 35 | 35 | | passengers and the crew by piloting Southwest Airlines Flight |
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| 36 | 36 | | 1380 to a safe emergency landing; and, be it further |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in |
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| 38 | 38 | | honor of Tammie Jo Shults and as an expression of highest regard |
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| 39 | 39 | | from the Texas Senate. |
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| 40 | 40 | | Campbell |
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| 41 | 41 | | ________________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | President of the Senate |
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| 43 | 43 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 44 | 44 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 45 | 45 | | the Senate on March 19, 2019. |
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| 46 | 46 | | ________________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 48 | 48 | | ________________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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