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2002 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 451
On the death of Charles E. Sabin.

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 4, 2002
Agreed to by the Senate, March 6, 2002

WHEREAS, on September 11, 2001, terrorists launched a violent attack on the United States, causing great destruction and horrible human suffering in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, the attack had a devastating effect in Virginia, home of the Pentagon and of many of the personnel, military and civilian, who served there; and

WHEREAS, among the victims of the Pentagon attack was Charles E. Sabin, the senior financial resources officer in the Defense Intelligence Agency's comptroller's office at the Pentagon; and

WHEREAS, Charles Sabin was a veteran of service in the United States Army in Vietnam, attaining the rank of captain, and joined the Defense Intelligence Agency in 1981, where he rose to become one of the agency's highest-ranking officials; and

WHEREAS, Charles Sabin was remodeling his home in Burke in preparation for a planned retirement, after which he planned to take advantage of the Commonwealth's abundant opportunities for golfing, fishing, and skiing; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly note with sadness the loss of Charles E. Sabin, a victim of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Charles E. Sabin as an expression of the heartfelt condolences of the General Assembly of Virginia.