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ByKevinFreking The Associated Press ARLINGTON, VA. President Barack Obama challenged Americans on Memorial Day to fill the silence from those who died serving their country with love and support for families of the fallen, "not just with words but with our actions." Obama laid a wreath Monday at the Tomb of the Unknowns to honor the nation's war dead. Un- der mostly sunny skies at Arlington National Ceme- tery, he bowed his head for a moment, then placed his right hand over his heart as taps was played. Obama in his address commemorated the more than 1 million peo- ple in U.S. history who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Obama said the markers at Arlington belong mostly to young Americans, those who never lived to be hon- ored as veterans for their service. The Americans who rest here, and their families — the best of us, those from whom we asked everything — ask of us today only one thing in return: that we re- member them," Obama said. In his remarks, Obama called for Americans to honor the families who lost loved ones and the bat- tle buddies left behind. He said it's important to ensure veterans get access to good health care and jobs. "We have to do better," he said. "We have to be there not only when we need them, but when they need us." Special operations forces continue to serve in danger- ous missions in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, even as the U.S. military presence in the latter two countries has been greatly reduced under Obama's watch. Obama ac- knowledged the continu- ing threat to service mem- bers, singling out for praise three who have died in Iraq in recent months: Mas- ter Sgt. Joshua L. Wheeler, Staff Sgt. Louis Cardin and Chief Special Warfare Oper- ator Charles Keating IV. Obama said Keating joined the Navy SEALs be- cause it was the hardest thing to do. He quoted a platoon mate who told Ke- ating's parents in a letter soon after their son's death "please tell everyone Chuck saved a lot of lives today." On Cardin, Obama said he gave his life while protect- ing the Marines under his command. "Putting others before himself was what Louis did best." Obama noted that Wheeler was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan 14 times and earned 11 Bronze Stars. He also participated in a mission in October that rescued some 70 hostages. He died before his son, Da- vid, could be born, but that son and Wheeler's widow, Ashley, were at Monday's ceremony. "Today this husband and father rests here in Arling- ton in Section 60," Obama said. "And as Americans, we resolve to be better, better people, better citizens be- cause of Master Sergeant Joshua Wheeler." Prior to traveling to Ar- lington, Obama held a breakfast reception at the White House for military leaders, family members of fallen service members and veterans groups. CEREMONY Obama marks Memorial Day at national cemetery By Emily Schmall The Associated Press FORT WORTH, TEXAS Resi- dents of some rural south- east Texas counties braced for more flooding on Mon- day along a river that is ex- pected to crest at a record level just two years after it had run dry in places be- cause of drought. National Weather Service meteorologists predicted that the Brazos river would crest at 53.5 feet by mid- day Tuesday in Fort Bend County, three feet above the previous record and topping a 1994 flood that caused extensive damage. During four days of tor- rential rain, six people have died in floods along the Bra- zos, which runs from New Mexico to the Gulf of Mex- ico. A Brazos River Author- ity map shows all 11 of the reservoirs fed by the Bra- zos at 95 to 100 percent ca- pacity. A man whose body was recovered late Sunday from a retention pond in the Aus- tin area near the Circuit of the Americas auto rac- ing track appeared to be one of two people reported missing earlier, said Tra- vis County sheriff's spokes- woman Lisa Block. There have been reports of others missing in Travis County, and crews will re- sume searching Tuesday, but Block said there's no confirmation yet of addi- tional missing people. Four of the six dead were recovered in Washington County, located between Austin and Houston, said County Judge John Brie- den. Lake Somerville, one of the Brazos reservoirs, was "gushing uncontrol- lably" over the spillway, threatening people down- river. Two of the bodies were found Saturday in dif- ferent parts of the county, Brieden said. About 40 people were rescued from late Sunday to Monday from homes in a low-lying neighborhood flooded with up to three feet of water in Simon- ton, a town in Fort Bend County with about 800 residents. Aerial photos taken Sunday showed large swaths of the county under water. The county had set up a pumping system to divert the water from the Simon- ton neighborhood, which sits on a flood plain. But the water levels overpow- ered the system, accord- ing to Beth Wolf, a county spokeswoman. Wolf said any additional rain in southeast Texas would be a problem. "The ditches are full, the river's high, there's nowhere else for that water to go," she said. Further south in Rosen- berg, about 150 households had been evacuated by Monday, and city officials were coordinating with the county's office of emergency management to have rescue boats in place, according to spokeswoman Jenny Pav- lovich. In neighboring Rich- mond, a voluntary evacua- tion order was in place. Flood warnings across Texas remained in effect Monday though only iso- lated rainfall was expected in parts of the southeast. Elsewhere, authorities continued searching for the body of an 11-year-old boy who fell into a Kansas creek and is presumed dead. Rela- tives have identified the boy as Devon Dean Cooley, who disappeared Friday night in Gypsum Creek. SEVERE WEATHER Residents brace for more flooding as Texas river crests PABLOMARTINEZMONSIVAIS—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. JON SHAPLEY — HOUSTON CHRONICLE Two people pilot a boat through the flooded Brazos River on Sunday in Rosenberg, Texas. By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON Jack Crow- ley was 15 when a base- ball hit him in the chest and stopped his heart. The Long Island teen survived thanks to a police officer who grabbed a defibrilla- tor and shocked his heart back into rhythm. A blow to the chest — one that hits at just the wrong spot, at just the wrong time — can trigger deadly cardiac arrest. Fortunately it's rare. But most victims are other- wise healthy kid athletes. And survival hinges on fast use of those heart-zapping defibrillators that not ev- ery athletic league or school keepsneartheplayingfields. There soon may be an- other attempt at protection: A U.S. organization that oversees athletic equipment has proposed the first per- formance standard for chest protectors to reduce the risk from those blows, a step that could lead to updated gear. Nancy Crowley finds it hard to watch her three sports-loving sons' games since Jack's scary near-miss in a batting cage a year ago. She calls the latest move by the athletic industry over- due. "You cannot live in a bub- ble," acknowledged Crow- ley, who helped lobby local athletic officials to improve access to defibrillators but wants more protection. "If a standard has come along that they feel is going to protect them in some way, I'm thrilled." Cardiac arrest, when the heart abruptly stops beat- ing, is uncommon in young people, especially athletes who presumably are in their prime. There are no good counts in kids' athletics. Whatever the number — or whatever the cause — car- diac arrest is getting more attention from parents, coaches and heart special- ists who say deaths should be preventable. Indeed, NCAA guide- lines recently reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology say defibrillators should be kept in the immediate vicinity of "high risk locations" such as weight rooms, basketball courts and ball fields. For younger students, many states have laws en- couraging or requiring defi- brillators in schools but few specify athletic facilities, according to the advocacy group Parent Heart Watch. The most frequent cause of cardiac arrest in a young athlete is an underlying structural problem of the heart, such as a thickened heart muscle, the prob- lem often behind headline- making collapses of basket- ball players. The chest protector stan- dards take aim at a differ- ent problem: Every year, an estimated 10 to 20 peo- ple suffer what's called com- motio cordis — cardiac ar- rest caused by a blow to the chest. A voluntary registry that has collected informa- tion on more than 250 cases over two decades does show survival increasing in re- cent years thanks to more defibrillator access. The highest risk is to boys under 15, when the chest wall is still flexible, not as sturdy as it will be- come by their 20s when such deaths hardly ever are reported. 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