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MS HR99

Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

4/19/2016

Primary Sponsor

John Lamar

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Origin

House of Representatives

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes Patrick Hardison, a 41-year-old volunteer firefighter from Senatobia, Mississippi, for his heroic actions and inspirational achievements.
  • Commends Hardison for suffering severe facial burns and injuries while rescuing a trapped woman from a burning house on September 5, 2001, which left him permanently disfigured.
  • Honors Hardison's courage in undergoing the most extensive face transplant surgery to date on August 14, 2015, a 26-hour experimental procedure performed by Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez using donor tissue from David P. Rodebaugh.
  • Directs the House to extend wishes for Hardison's continued success and distribute copies of the resolution to him and the Capitol Press Corps.

Legislative Description

Patrick Hardison; commend heroism of.

Last Action

Enrolled Bill Signed

4/19/2016

Committee Referrals

Rules4/12/2016

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