Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about a volunteer firefighter from DuBois, Pennsylvania, in my district. Herm Suplizio hates ladders and says, ``I avoid them at all costs.'' Luckily that was not true back in December when fire erupted in a multi-story building and people were trapped on the upper floors. Suplizio arrived with the fire trucks and was among the first on the ladder to a window where survivors had been seen. Visibility was a problem through all of the smoke. Suplizio first was handed a 2\1/2\-year-old boy, Gavin Zawrotny, and carried him to another firefighter on the ladder, Greg Vida, while the boy protested leaving his parents. He climbed back up the ladder to take 7-month-old Sarah Havrilla from her parents. ``When I got her, she was not breathing. It scared me. I was blowing in her face, shaking her, and after what seemed to be minutes but probably was seconds, she started crying.'' Again, Sarah was handed to Vida, and he returned to bring down James and Amanda Havrilla, the parents of the children. One person died in this terrible fire, but thanks to Herm Suplizio and the rest of the DuBois firefighters, the Havrilla family survived. ____________________”