December 12, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 199 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H10233-H10234]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




IN HONOR OF KALEB WATSON, CAMERON WALTERS, MOHAMMED HAITHAM--VICTIMS OF 
                           PENSACOLA SHOOTING

  (Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join with a grieving 
nation to honor the lives of three Navy sailors whose lives were 
tragically cut short in the heinous act of terrorism at the Naval Air 
Station in Pensacola, Florida.
  Kaleb Watson of Coffee County, Alabama, and a recent graduate of the 
U.S. Naval Academy was 23 years old, and an aspiring pilot.
  Mohammed Sameh Haitham was an all-star athlete and always anxious to 
help others. His 20th birthday would have been next week.
  Cameron Walters of Richmond Hill, Georgia, was 21 and hoped to become 
an airman. According to Cameron's father, nothing made him prouder than 
to be able to wear the uniform of a United States sailor.
  When confronted with the mortal threat of an active shooter, these 
sailors charged the gunman, an action that is credited with saving 
countless lives.
  Mr. Speaker, Naval Station Great Lakes is in my district. Each year, 
more than 40,000 pass through Great Lakes to become sailors in the 
United States Navy. Cameron Walters and Mo Haitham were two such 
sailors.
  The men and women who hear the call to duty and volunteer to wear the 
cloth of our Nation are role models for all of us. Let us take this 
time to recognize their commitment and let us commit as a Nation to 
ensure the heroic sacrifices of Kaleb Watson, Cameron Walters, and 
Mohammed Haitham will never be forgotten.

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