HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommending Robert Culp for his Heroic and Life-Saving Actions RESOLUTION
NO. 1453-86
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
November 74 , 19$6 .
Attest: �K �i —�^ O" City Clerk
Attest: K.—L.4 A X -' - ? � President of Common Council.
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
November 25, 1986
L K City Clerk
Approved and signed by me yn C S-it J C 19 ?le .
L/X7Ls 01/141-
Mayor
NO. 1453-86
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,
COMMENDING ROBERT CULP FOR HIS
HEROIC AND LIFE-SAVING ACTIONS
WHEREAS, the Gammon Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
acknowledges that on October 5, 1986, Mary Culp, in an attempt to avoid an
head-on collision, swerved her car and plunged into Beck's Lake; and
WHEREAS, Mary Culp, age 63 years, was unable to free herself from her
seat belt and was unable to get out of the car; and
WHEREAS, Robert Culp, 11 years old and a fifth grader at Harrison
School, dramatically rescued Mary Culp and saved her life; and
WHEREAS, with the help of another relative and the South Bend Fire
Department personnel, Robert and Mary Culp were both successfully rescued
twenty-five feet from shore.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of
South Bend, Indiana, as follows:
SECTION I . On behalf of all of the citizens of the City of South
Bend, Indiana, the South Bend Cannon Council hereby publicly commends Robert
Culp, age 11, for his dramatic rescue of Mary Culp from Beck's Lake on
October 5, 1986.
SECTION II . The Common Council believes that heroic deeds like the
ones performed by Robert Culp are deserving of public tribute and
recognition.
SECTION III. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from
and atter its adoption by the Cannon Council and approval by the Mayor.
,
Joseph T. Serge Rol Sert Taylor
X
� -l ( /Y1_,- i '11_40 / lent c./ J� 4-- (
EugejBraboy Thomas Zakrzewnki / /,
t CZ f- C
Bev lie J. Beck ) aszek
k,it,/ i/(12e a , , �� LL iii
—c-____Lo �/ /ames V/Darcam
John 6**rue
- l 'C "Z /�S, 4__