HM 98 — THOMAS HILL & KATHLEEN POTTER, IN HONOR

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 98HONORING 53RDTHE LEGISLATUREHEROIC -ACTIONS STATE OF NEWTHOMAS MEXICOHILL -AND SECONDKATHLEEN SESSION,"KATIE" 2018POTTER INTRODUCEDIN BYTHE PaulAZTEC C.HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.

Bandy5 WHEREAS, on December 7, 2017, a disturbed shooter entered Aztec high school and Rodtook Montoyathe lives of students Francisco "Paco" Fernandez and JamesCasey R.J.Jordan Marquez before fatally shooting himself;

Strickler and SharonWHEREAS, Clahchischilliagethe 7death 9toll Awould MEMORIALhave HONORINGbeen THEmuch HEROIChigher ACTIONSif OFnot THOMASfor HILLthe ANDbravery, KATHLEENcourage "KATIE"and POTTERquick INresponse THEof AZTECmany HIGHpeople; SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.

14and WHEREAS, onThomas DecemberHill 7,and 2017,Kathleen a"Katie" disturbedPotter shooterwere enteredat Aztec high school and took the livesforefront of studentsresponders; Francisco "Paco" Fernandez and Casey Jordan Marquez before fatally e t 17 shooting himself;

and wWHEREAS, lafter nencountering dthe 18shooter, WHEREAS,custodian theThomas deathHill tollsent wouldout havea beenradio muchalert higherof ifan notactive =shooter =to 19administrators, ateachers land forstudents theso bravery,that couragethe andschool quickcould responsequickly ofgo manyinto people;lockdown;

and iWHEREAS, asubstitute eteacher rKathleen 20"Katie" WHEREAS,Potter Thomasreacted Hillquickly andto Kathleenthe "Katie"lockdown Potterwarning, weregathering ather seventeen students in a tsmall moffice mnext 21to the forefrontcomputer oflab, responders;pushing a sofa against the door as a barricade and directing her students to get down on the floor;

and d r e 22 WHEREAS, after encountering the shooter,shooter custodianentered Thomasthe ccomputer elab sand kbegan 23firing Hillinto sentthe outwalls, abut radiothanks alert of an active shooter to eKatie aPotter ntaking bthe 24HM administrators,98 teachersschool's andactive-shooter studentsdrills soseriously, thatno theone schoolwas couldhit; u [ quickly go into lockdown;

and .209845.2Page 1 WHEREAS, substituteboth teacherThomas KathleenHill "Katie"and Katie Potter reactedsay quicklythey toare thenot lockdownheroes, warning,but gatheringtheir heractions seventeenprove studentsotherwise; in a small office next to the computer lab, pushing a sofa against the door as a barricade and directing her students to get down on the floor;

and WHEREAS, the shooter entered the computer lab and began firing into the walls, but thanks to Katie Potter taking the school's active-shooter drills seriously, no one was hit;

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 HOUSE OF c e r c 23 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the bravery and e a n b 24 heroic actions of Thomas Hill and Kathleen "Katie" Potter in u [ the Aztec high school shootings be recognized;

and .209845.2 - 2 - BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to Thomas Hill and Kathleen "Katie" Potter.

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