Bill 4104

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       4104
Type of Legislation:               Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                  House
Introduced Date:                   19970506
Primary Sponsor:                   Cobb-Hunter 
All Sponsors:                      Cobb-Hunter
Drafted Document Number:           dka\4543mm.97
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:      19970507
Subject:                           Mrs. Carrie Whipper,
                                   Resolutions

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________
House   19970507  Received from Senate
Senate  19970506  Introduced, adopted, returned
                  with concurrence
House   19970506  Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate

TO COMMEND MRS. CARRIE WHIPPER OF NORTH CHARLESTON FOR HER COURAGE AND COMPASSION IN HER DANGEROUS RESCUE OF AN ABANDONED WOMAN AND CHILDREN.

Whereas, Mrs. Carrie Whipper, wife of South Carolina Representative Seth Whipper of North Charleston, spotted a woman standing in the emergency lane of the Don N. Holt Bridge on Interstate 526, fearfully cowering over two young girls; and

Whereas, Mrs. Whipper stopped her own car on the bridge and backed up along the emergency lane to help the three stranded and frightened people; and

Whereas, she learned that the woman's fiance had been drinking and had put her and her young daughters out of his car, abandoning them on the interstate bridge in heavy Saturday afternoon traffic; and

Whereas, as Mrs. Whipper helped them off the bridge and into her car the woman's enraged fiance returned to the scene; and

Whereas, he chased the Whipper vehicle and rammed it with his own car; and

Whereas, the force of the collision sent Mrs. Whipper's car with its five occupants careening on two wheels into the side of the bridge and then ricocheting off across two lanes of traffic and crashing into the center divider; and

Whereas, Mrs. Whipper, her daughter, and the fortunate strangers she undertook to assist all escaped injury; and

Whereas, the woman's fiance was later jailed on five counts of assault and battery with intent to kill; and

Whereas, Mrs. Whipper's selfless actions are examples to us all of the mandate, "Love Thy Neighbor"; and

Whereas, her courage and compassion deserve our attention and our appreciation. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly commend Mrs. Carrie Whipper of North Charleston for her courage and compassion in her dangerous rescue of an abandoned woman and her children.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mrs. Whipper.