Bill Text: NY J02172 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commending Officers Colin Keenan and Majed Ottman upon the occasion of their designation as recipients of a Liberty Medal

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-01-14 - ADOPTED [J02172 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-J02172-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 2172

BY: Senator KENNEDY

        COMMENDING  Officers Colin Keenan and Majed Ottman
        upon the occasion of their designation as recipients
        of a Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed  upon
        an individual by the New York State Senate

  WHEREAS,  It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize and
honor  those  distinguished  officers  and  citizens  who  would  devote
themselves  to public service, demonstrating great courage and diligence
in providing  for  the  care  and  welfare  of  the  citizens  of  their
communities and this great Empire State; and

  WHEREAS,  Within  every community of the State of New York there are
certain individuals who, by virtue of their commitment  and  dedication,
command  the  respect  and  admiration  of  their  community  for  their
exemplary contributions and service on behalf of others; and

  WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to  commend  Officers
Colin  Keenan and Majed Ottman upon the occasion of their designation as
recipients of a Liberty  Medal,  the  highest  honor  bestowed  upon  an
individual by the New York State Senate; and

  WHEREAS,  The New York State Senate Liberty Medal was established by
Resolution and is  awarded  to  individuals  who  have  merited  special
commendation  for exceptional, heroic, or humanitarian acts on behalf of
their fellow New Yorkers; and

  WHEREAS, Buffalo, New York, Police Officers Majed Ottman  and  Colin
Keenan  had  just started their shift on Friday, July 5, 2019, when they
learned a year and a half old toddler had just been found floating  face
down  in  a  backyard  pool  on  Howlett  Street  in the Genesee-Moselle
neighborhood; and

  WHEREAS, After dispatching themselves to the emergency call, the two
officers arrived at the location to find  a  distraught  man  holding  a
lifeless  little girl in his arms; Officer Majed Ottman immediately took
the child from the  man,  laid  her  on  the  ground,  and  began  chest
compressions while Officer Colin Keenan questioned the toddler's mother,
learning  she  had been in the water for as long as three minutes before
she was found; and

  WHEREAS, As Officer Majed Ottman  diligently  continued  to  perform
CPR,  he  noticed the child's belly was full of water, and subsequently,
gave her one more big breath of air; as water gushed out of  her  mouth,
he  quickly turned her on her side and she started to breathe, then cry;
and

  WHEREAS, Ever since they were young boys, Officers Ottman and Keenan
have always wanted to be policemen;  through  their  astute  and  heroic
efforts, the little girl was saved from certain death; and

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  sense  of  this  Legislative  Body that those
dedicated public servants who unselfishly  devote  their  lives  to  the
preservation  of  order  and the protection of others are worthy and due

full praise for their commitment and noble endeavors; now, therefore, be
it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend Officers Colin Keenan and Majed  Ottman  upon  the  occasion  of
their  designation  as  recipients of a Liberty Medal, the highest honor
bestowed upon an individual by the New York  State  Senate;  and  be  it
further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to Officers Colin Keenan and Majed Ottman.