SM 84 — THOMAS HILL & KATHLEEN POTTER, IN HONOR

SENATEA MEMORIAL 84HONORING 53RDTHE LEGISLATUREHEROIC -ACTIONS STATE OF NEWTHOMAS MEXICOHILL -AND SECONDKATHLEEN SESSION"KATIE" ,POTTER 2018IN INTRODUCEDTHE BYAZTEC StevenHIGH P.SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.

Neville5 6WHEREAS, 8on 10December A7, MEMORIAL2017, HONORINGa THEdisturbed HEROICshooter ACTIONSentered OFAztec THOMAShigh HILLschool ANDand KATHLEENtook "KATIE"the POTTERlives INof THEstudents AZTECFrancisco HIGH"Paco" SCHOOLFernandez SHOOTINGS.and Casey Jordan Marquez before fatally shooting himself;

14and WHEREAS, onthe Decemberdeath 7,toll 2017,would ahave disturbedbeen shootermuch enteredhigher Aztecif highnot schoolfor and took the livesbravery, ofcourage students Francisco "Paco" Fernandez and Caseyquick Jordanresponse Marquezof beforemany fatallypeople; e t 17 shooting himself;

and w l n d 18 WHEREAS, theThomas deathHill tolland wouldKathleen have"Katie" beenPotter muchwere higherat if not = = 19 a l for the bravery,forefront courage and quick response of manyresponders; people;

and iWHEREAS, aafter eencountering rthe 20shooter, WHEREAS,custodian Thomas Hill andsent Kathleenout "Katie"a Potterradio werealert atof aan tactive mshooter mto 21administrators, teachers and students so that the forefrontschool ofcould responders;quickly go into lockdown;

and dWHEREAS, rsubstitute eteacher 22Kathleen WHEREAS,"Katie" afterPotter encounteringreacted thequickly shooter,to custodianthe Thomaslockdown cwarning, egathering sher kseventeen 23students Hillin sent out a radiosmall alertoffice ofnext anto activethe shootercomputer tolab, epushing a nsofa bagainst 24the administrators,door teachersas anda studentsbarricade soand thatdirecting theher schoolstudents couldto uget [down quicklyon gothe intofloor; lockdown;

and .210297.2 WHEREAS, substitutethe teachershooter Kathleenentered "Katie" Potter reacted quickly to the lockdowncomputer warning,lab gatheringand herbegan seventeenfiring studentsinto inthe awalls, smallbut officethanks next to theKatie computerPotter lab,taking pushing a sofa against the doorSM as84 aschool's barricadeactive-shooter anddrills directingseriously, herno studentsone towas gethit; down on the floor;

and WHEREAS,Page the1 shooterWHEREAS, enteredboth theThomas computerHill lab and began firing into the walls, but thanks to Katie Potter takingsay thethey school'sare active-shooternot drillsheroes, seriously,but notheir oneactions wasprove hit;otherwise;

and WHEREAS, both Thomas Hill and Katie Potter say they are not heroes, but their actions prove otherwise;

and WHEREAS, student body leaders recognized police officers, law enforcement agents, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, 911 dispatchers, red cross volunteers and school e e 17 and district staff;

and e e n d 18 WHEREAS, Craig Daugherty, San Juan county's fire chief, = = l ] 19 presented Thomas Hill, who has been a volunteer firefighter for a l r i 20 twenty years, with a medal of valor for prompting a lockdown t e a t after the shooting began;

m m 21 e d r e 22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE c e r c 23 OF NEW MEXICO that the bravery and heroic actions of Thomas e a n b 24 Hill and Kathleen "Katie" Potter in the Aztec high school u [ shootings be recognized;

and .210297.2 - 2 - BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to Thomas Hill and Kathleen "Katie" Potter.

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