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2002 SESSION


SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 168
On the death of Lieutenant Commander Otis Vincent Tolbert.

Agreed to by the Senate, January 31, 2002
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 4, 2002

WHEREAS, on September 11, 2001, terrorists launched an inexcusable 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 Lieutenant Commander Otis Vincent Tolbert of the Fairfax County community of Lorton, a naval intelligence officer who wrote briefings for the chief of naval operations; and

WHEREAS, Lieutenant Commander Tolbert was a former star running back for Fresno State University; and

WHEREAS, Lieutenant Commander Tolbert, married and the father of three young children, was well-known and highly respected in the Lorton community; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of Lieutenant Commander Otis Vincent Tolbert, a victim of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Lieutenant Commander Otis Vincent Tolbert as an expression of the heartfelt condolences of the General Assembly of Virginia.