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RCSOLU'!'ION NO. '0
SERIES OF 198 3
" RES OLUTION CO MM E:;orN G DI\VID SE YMOUR FOR HIS HEROIC AC 'l T~
SAVING A CHILD FRO M DROWNIN G IN CENTENNIAL !,A KE.
WHERLAS , n a vid Seymo ur was on L.lt·"' f i s hing do ... i
Cr•n:Pn:lirt l I.nke wl-:en he sc:1w what nppP.a.r t=-d L11 be> ,1 -~1c•t 1 'd
f~ll intc th e wa ~e r acrc ss the l ~ke ; a nd
WH ERC ~5 , ~avi d r fi~ dcwn th e ~a nk fo r a close r l o o ~ and
c r:-·.:ld se c-.. ,p l ,1s h ir.r.; ir. the ·.,,atr-r ; (1n<l
\lt!ERCAS , Davi d ran t c th e sh o r e clo s es t t o the ar ~a a nd
r0u l d S"e a c hil d a bou t 1 5 f eet fro m sh o r e fl oating o n h i s back
wit h hi~ face ttnder ~a ter ; and
WHF.Rf.Z\S , Dc1vid Seymo:.1r c o ur ageo usl y jumped into i..he icy
watr r, swam t o the ch ild , and b r ough t t he chi l d t o s hore t hereby
sa vi ng t he c hj l d 's ljf e .
'I OI/, 'J'H ERF.F'ORE , l1E I '!' RES OLVED BY '!'HE CI'!'Y COUNCI L OF THE
C!'!'Y OF ENGLF.WOOD, COLOR l\fJO , 'l'f:A ':':
The City Council an d e ntire City of Englewood r;o mm e nd Da vi d
SPymo ur and r ecog n iz e h i s heroic ac t o f di v ing i nto the chilled
wat e r s n f Ce n te n nia l Lak e t o save a small child wh o had fall e n
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ADOP TE D AN D APPROVC D th is 12~h da y of Dec em ber, 1988.
Pat r i c i a H. Crow, Ci ty Cl e r k
I, Patri cia H. Cr ow , Ci t y Cl e r k for the City of Engl e wood,
Co l o rado , hPreby certify the above i s a true ~y o f Resolutio n
No . .1.Q_, ~er ies of 1988.
Pa trici a H. Crow