Mike Pence: “last night the Wabash River crested at 25 feet in northeastern Indiana, but thanks to the extraordinary leadership of…”

“last night the Wabash River crested at 25 feet in northeastern Indiana, but thanks to the extraordinary leadership of Mayor Ted Ellis and Sheriff Barry Story, Bluffton, Indiana, was spared a catastrophe. Their leadership and cooperation with Governor Frank O'Bannon and literally thousands of volunteers in Wells and Adams counties managed to stem the tide. Special commendation to Irving Material, Incorporated, and also to the 2nd of the 152nd Mech out of Muncie, Indiana, under the leadership of General Bushkirk and Colonel Shato who led the troops, nearly 200 in number, in loading sandbags and stacking sandbags and saving the community of Bluffton, Indiana. As more rain approaches, I urge the President to speed disaster relief to the counties in Indiana that the Governor has requested. I encourage the volunteers for their determination to move forward as the rain approaches, and I urge prayers by all of our citizens to remember the Psalmist wrote that God is our refuge and our strength. Though the Earth be removed, though its waters roar and be troubled, we will not fear.”