HR 9107

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution commending Kristopher Geyer-Roberts, an
3	exceptional young man and a model citizen of Florida.
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5	WHEREAS, Kristopher Geyer-Roberts, a 14-year-old eighth-
6	grader at Nova Middle School in Davie, Florida, thought nothing
7	of his own safety in 2003 when he was confronted with a life-or-
8	death situation at summer camp, and
9	WHEREAS, he and friend Eric Douglas were thrown from their
10	tow lines while kneeboarding in Deerfield Beach's Quiet Waters
11	Park, and Eric Douglas was left semi-conscious in the water
12	after being struck by another kneeboarder, and
13	WHEREAS, Kristopher Geyer-Roberts swam to his rescue,
14	pulling his friend onto a kneeboard and towing him to safety,
15	acts that resulted in his friend's full recovery, and
16	WHEREAS, Kristopher Geyer-Roberts was subsequently
17	presented in 2004 with a heroism award by the Boy Scouts of
18	America and a key to the City of Plantation by Plantation Mayor
19	Rae Carole Armstrong, and
20	WHEREAS, in 2005, he was selected from more than four
21	million Boy Scouts and was one of only six Scouts in the nation
22	to represent his organization in Washington, D.C., where the
23	group visited the United States Supreme Court, Arlington
24	National Cemetery, the Goddard Space Flight Center, the
25	Pentagon, and the United States Naval Academy and delivered the
26	annual report of the Boy Scouts of America to President George
27	W. Bush at the White House, NOW, THEREFORE,
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29	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
30	Florida:
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32	That Kristopher Geyer-Roberts is commended for his heroic
33	efforts in saving the life of another, an action that proves him
34	to be an exceptional young man and a model citizen of Florida.
35	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
36	presented to Kristopher Geyer-Roberts as a tangible token of the
37	sentiments expressed herein.

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