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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, May 2,2000
News in Brief
Scholarship named
for Kerry Kujawa
A scholarship fund has been es
tablished in the name of Kerry Kujawa,
the Texas A&M junior who was kid
napped and shot to death Idst month.
Robin Murphy, one of the schol
arship’s founders, said the fund
will be used to "perpetuate Ker
ry’s memory and his commitment
to academic excellence,” and to
help console Kujawa’s mother.
“Mrs. Kujawa is a much re
spected fifth grade teacher here
in [Richmond], and we are hoping
that this scholarship fund will give
her some measure of comfort dur
ing this difficult time and in the
years to come,” Murphy said.
Those wishing to contribute to
the fund may send donations to:
The Kerry J. Kujawa Scholar
ship Fund
Bank of America
c/o Pecan Grove Postal
1860 FM 359 #104
Richmond, Texas 77469
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Continued from Page 1
the incidents so far. The three
are also being charged with
possession of stolen property,
credit card abuse, engaging in
organized criminal activity and
possession of marijuana.
“They had only a small
amount of [marijuana] in their
possession when the officers
confronted them. But the offi
cers got a warrant and when the
apartment was searched, more
was found,” Scott said.
The suspects are being held
in the Brazos County Jail with
bai I set at $ 15,500 each.
Scott said that an upswing
in car break-ins encourages car
owners to be safer when leav
ing their vehicles unattended.
“Mainly, just use common
sense when leaving your vehi
cle,” Scott said. “Don’t leave valuables in your seat in plain view of those look-
- Lock doors and roll up
windows
- Park in well-lit areas
(preferrably in parking
garages)
- Hide or remove valuable
items from your car
GABRIEL RUENES/Thk Battalion
ing in through the window. Take your things with you or hide them. Make sure
your cars and windows are secure and park in a well-lit area.”
Report
Continued from Page 1
side — top first. In about seven seconds,
the momentum created a domino effect,
and the entire stack toppled to the north
east, creating four piles in two relatively
independent areas.”
Students trapped underneath the
structure were “killed, subsequently died
or suffered varying degrees of injury,
from minor to critical.”
Phase one, the rescue and transport of
survivors, began immediately after bon
fire fell. According to the report, this ini
tial treatment was performed by the
Texas A&M EMS and the Texas A&M
Emergency Care Team who had a para
medic, two EMTs, and two with training
in CPR and first aid on site that night.
Those emergency workers did what
they could until the arrival of the first
rescue crew at 2:44 a.m. Within one hour
of the operation’s inception, 23 injured
students had been transported to two
area hospitals.
A structural engineer arrived at the
site at 6:21 a.m. He assessed the situation
and concluded that the structure was sta
ble as it lay, but logs would have to be re
moved one at a time to prevent move
ment or possible collapse of other logs.
He also concluded that the stack had split
into two regions that were “relatively in
dependent of each other,” which allowed
rescue workers to perform separate res
cue and recovery operations.
Also detailed in the Committee’s re
port is the support received from the
community, especially the student body,
surrounding businesses and local stores.
Support also came from around the
country and “since mid-February, only
one bill has been submitted out of the
tens of thousands of dollars worth of
goods that poured in.”
The report delves into the support the
rescuers got during the operation. Res
cue workers and students “developed a
process in which an engineer at each
work site would decide which logs to re
move, then team leaders would direct the
team to sling the log and cut the wires,
and a crane would lift the log. Once the
log was on the ground, students would
carry the log away.”
An after-action review of the rescue
and recovery operation listed reasons for
the operation's success, such as the cities
of Bryan and College Station using mu
tual aid, extensive pre-planning and
training, safety being placed as the high
est priority, crane and truck operators
working well with rescuers, the Texas
A&M Emergency Care Team being on
site at the time of the collapse, the sys
tem of dispatching the USAR team
working smoothly, resources being
available and the work flowing as well as
possible.
Also mentioned in great detail were
areas in which improvement was needed.
Crowd control and perimeter secu
rity were problematic, with many unau
thorized individuals being admitted
into,the outer perimeter since police
had difficulty knowing whom to let in
or keep out.
There was a lack of regular briefings
and updates in the Emergency Opera
tions Center (EOC), and there was a lack
of radios and cell phones, meaning “su
pervisors and command staff had to use
their personal phones.”
In the afiermath portion of the report,
the financial support given to the fami
lies was discussed. Texas A&M made
restitution in the form of $20,000 to each
victim’s family, half of which was pro
vided by insurance, and the other half
was provided by the Association of For
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