SJ 86 — Commending the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 22101355D I SENATE OfferedJOINT JanuaryRESOLUTION 31,NO. 2022 N Commending the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service.

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Delegates:N Agreed to by the Senate, February 3, 2022 R Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 7, 2022 O WHEREAS, the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service, which works diligently to safeguard the millions L of visitors to the Virginia Beach Oceanfront every year, conducted hundreds of rescues and provided aid L to dozens of individuals over the course of a record-breaking summer season in 2021;

Anderson and Davis R –––––––––– O WHEREAS, the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service, which works diligently to safeguard the millions of visitors to the Virginia Beach Oceanfront every year, conducted hundreds of rescues and provDded aid to WHEREAS, the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service is a certified agency of the United States U Lifesaving Association that provides lifeguard services to the City of Virginia Beach, patrolling more E than five miles of oceanfront property;

and CD WHEREAS, on May 9, 2021, members of the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service rescued and helpedEhelped stabilize an individual who had attempted to drown while experiencing a mental health crisis;

and WHEREAS,when later in the month, the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service conducted numerous rescues andn storm conditions created dangerous rip currents in the waters along the Virginia Beach Oceanfront;

and WHEREAS, during that time, the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service pulled numerous swimmers to safety and helped treat several spinal cord injuries from individuals diving into water that was more shallow than expected;

andandveral spinal cord injuries from individuals diving into water that was more J WHEREAS, on May 23, 2021, alone, the 12-member staff of the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service E assisted 75 people, 63 of whom were pulled from the water, an incredible amount when compared to the appWHEREAS,R onapproximately July260 4,rescues 2021,over the Virginiacourse Beach Lifesaving Service encountered one of the largestentire crowdssummer of beach-goers in the2020; organization's history and conducted 31 rescues in one day, as well as reuniting 119 lost children with their families;

and WHEREAS,crowds after the height of thebeach-goers summerin season, the Virginiaorganization's Beachhistory Lifesavingand Serviceconducted continued31 torescues fulfillin itsone missionday, toas servewell theas community,reuniting rescuing119 threelost individualschildren afterwith atheir skifffamilies; capsized on October 5, 2021;

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now,andts therefore,mission beto itserve RESOLVED by the Senate,community, therescuing Housethree ofindividuals Delegatesafter concurring,a Thatskiff thecapsized Generalon AssemblyOctober herebyWHEREAS, commendin total, the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service rescued 645 victims, transferred 150 individuals to local emergency services agencies for itsadditional outstandingtreatment, performanceand ofreunited its903 dutieslost children with their families in 2021;

and,now, therefore, be it 35commend RESOLVED FURTHER, That the ClerkVirginia ofBeach theLifesaving SenateService prepare a copy of this resolution for 37its Generaloutstanding Assembly'sperformance appreciationof forits theduties organization'sin critical2021; mission., as an expression of the 7

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for General Assembly's appreciation for the organization's critical mission., as an expression of the