Commending the citizens of the Sioux City, Iowa, tri-State area for their heroism and spirit of volunteerism in selflessly providing assistance and life-saving services to the passengers and crew of United Flight 232.
PL 101-91 (H.J.Res.379), enacted 08/16/1989

PUBLIC LAW 101-91—AUG. 16, 1989 
103 STAT. 599 
Public Law 101-91 
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101st Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Commending the citizens of the Sioux City, Iowa, tri-State area for their heroism and 
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spirit of volunteerism in selflessly providing assistance and life-saving services to 
the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 232. 
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Whereas United Airlines Flight 232 tragically crashed while making 
an emergency landing attempt at the Sioux Gateway Airport in 
Sioux City, Iowa, on July 19,1989; 
Whereas the skills and courage of the pilot, flight crew, and air 
traffic controllers, and the immediate mobilization of State and 
local rescue units from Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota, signifi-
cantly contributed to the survival of 185 of the 296 peissengers 
aboard the flight; 
Whereas the disaster plan which had been designed by the 
Woodbury County Disaster Committee was largely responsible for 
the remarkable success of the rescue effort; 
Whereas the people of the Sioux City, Iowa, tri-State area mobilized 
without hesitation to provide aid and comfort to the injured; 
Whereas by the time that United Airlines Flight 232 touched down, 
the Sioux Gateway Creish, Fire, and Rescue Squad, the 185th 
Tactical Fighter Group of the Iowa Air National Guard, members 
of city police forces and county sheriffs' departments, municipal 
firefighters, Red Cross workers, and other local rescue teams were 
on the scene to immediately begin to help the wounded and 
transport them for treatment; 
Whereas the physicians, nurses, and other personnel of St. Luke's 
Regional Medical Center and the Marian Health Center worked 
exhaustively to treat the injured; 
Whereas hundreds of people in the Sioux City, Iowa, tri-State area 
donated blood at a local bloodbank without solicitation to assist in 
the treatment efforts; 
Whereas Briar Cliff College and Morningside College opened their 
dormitories to the survivors, the families of the survivors, rescue 
teams, and investigators while residents contributed blankets, 
clothing, and food; and 
Whereas had it not been for the remarkable speed, skill, and 
preparedness of the emergency crews, and the assistance and 
generosity of the people of the Sioux City, Iowa, tri-State area, the 
number of survivors would likely have been much lower: Now, 
therefore, be it 
103 STAT. 600 
PUBLIC LAW 101-91--AUG. 16,1989 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the citizens 
of the Sioux City, Iowa, tri-State area are commended for their 
heroism and spirit of volunteerism in selflessly providing assistance 
and life-saving services to the passengers and crew of United Air-
lines Flight 232, and the President is authorized and requested to 
issue a proclamation making such commendation. 
Approved August 16, 1989. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 379: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 135 (1989): 
Aug. 4, considered and passed House and Senate.