BIL:3255
TYP:Concurrent Resolution CR
INB:House
IND:20010111
PSP:J.Young
SPO:J.Young, G.Brown, Harvin, J.H.Neal, G.M.Smith, Weeks, Allen, Allison, Altman, Askins, Bales, Barfield, Barrett, Battle, Bingham, Bowers, Breeland, J.Brown, R.Brown, Campsen, Carnell, Cato, Chellis, Clyburn, Coates, CobbHunter, Coleman, Cooper, Cotty, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Easterday, Edge, Emory, Fleming, Freeman, Frye, Gilham, Gourdine, Govan, Hamilton, Harrell, Harrison, Hayes, J.Hines, M.Hines, Hinson, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jennings, Keegan, Kelley, Kennedy, Kirsh, Klauber, Knotts, Koon, Law, Leach, Lee, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Lloyd, Loftis, Lourie, Lucas, Mack, Martin, McCraw, McGee, McLeod, MeachamRichardson, Merrill, Miller, MoodyLawrence, J.M.Neal, Neilson, Ott, Owens, Parks, Perry, Phillips, Quinn, Rhoad, Rice, Riser, Rivers, Robinson, Rodgers, Rutherford, Sandifer, Scarborough, Scott, Sharpe, Sheheen, Simrill, Sinclair, D.C.Smith, F.N.Smith, J.E.Smith, J.R.Smith, W.D.Smith, Snow, Stille, Stuart, Talley, Taylor, Thompson, Townsend, Tripp, Trotter, Vaughn, Walker, Webb, Whatley, Whipper, White, Wilder, Wilkins, Witherspoon and A.Young
DDN:l:\council\bills\skb\18095som01.doc
DPB:20010116
SUB:Gifford Shaw, Resolutions
HST:
BodyDateAction DescriptionComLeg Involved
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House20010116Received from Senate
Senate20010116Introduced, adopted, returned
with concurrence
House20010111Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate
Versions of This Bill
TXT:
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
TO COMMEND GIFFORD SHAW FOR THE VALIANT DISPLAY OF HEROISM HE EXHIBITED BY SUBDUING A DERANGED PASSENGER AND SAVING THE LIVES OF THE THREE HUNDRED NINETYEIGHT PEOPLE ABOARD HIS BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHT FROM LONDON TO NAIROBI.
Whereas, Gifford Shaw, a businessman from Sumter, was on his way to Uganda for a twoweek teaching mission with his friend Clarke Bynum, when he helped save the lives of three hundred ninetyeight people aboard a British Airway’s flight from London to Nairobi, a flight he was only on because he had missed his original flight due to inclement weather; and
Whereas, Shaw felt the estimated nineteen thousand foot drop in altitude and heard the screaming and turmoil coming from the cockpit; and
Whereas, Gifford Shaw and Clarke Bynum burst into the cockpit to find a Kenyan man, approximately six feet tall and two hundred twentyfive pounds, attacking the pilot and causing the plane to plummet; and
Whereas, Shaw grabbed the assailant by the leg and, with the help of Clarke Bynum and others, wrestled him to the ground and pulled him from the cockpit to a seat where the assailant was handcuffed and strapped in for the remaining two hours of the flight; and
Whereas, the plane landed safely in Nairobi, Kenya with passengers and crew suffering only minor injuries; and
Whereas, Shaw and Bynum attribute their actions to God and know that they can count on Him to get them through any situation; and
Whereas, Gifford Shaw said that even though he and Bynum look forward to spending time with their families, they “would like to use as many opportunities as [they] can to tell a story of God’s provision for [them] and His saving that plane.” Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, commend Gifford Shaw for the valiant display of heroism he exhibited by subduing a deranged passenger and saving the lives of the three hundred ninetyeight people aboard the British Airways flight from London to Nairobi, Kenya.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Gifford Shaw.
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