After serving at the helm of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for the past 21 years, Chair Mark Laskow stepped down at the Hero Fund Commission’s annual meeting, held June …
It’s been nearly 20 years since the accident in which Carnegie heroes Terry R. Pease and Robert K. Barth rescued a woman and her 3-year-old daughter from a burning vehicle …
We saw the knife, and me and Marvin, wewent quick to take it right away — Jose L. Casanova, Carnegie Medal awardee #10089 I knew that with these old trailers, …
Earl C. Moorman, 79, of Auburn, Illinois, died Saturday, March 30, 2019, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois. In 2015, Carnegie Hero Ashley Marie Aldridge pulled Moorman from …
Brenda S. Maw, 70, of Easley, South Carolina, died Saturday, March 5, 2022. In 1982, Maw received the Carnegie Medal for saving a police officer from being shot. Maw, at …
Joseph W. Alderman, 90, of Winchester, Virginia, died Saturday, June 4, 2022, after an arduous battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. In 1966, Alderman, then a 35-year-old engineer-geologist, saved a 16-year-old …
Kristian F. Falkenstein, 44, of Newtown, Pennsylvania, died Monday, June 27, 2022. In 2017, Falkenstein, then a 39-year-old university development officer, responded to a 32-year-old struggling in the Atlantic Ocean …
Ryan B. Phillips, 55, of St. Petersburg, Florida, died Wednesday, June 29, 2022. In 2011, Phillips, then a 43-year-old construction worker, saved his 3-year-old neighbor from burning in her …
On the morning of March 2, 1922, an alarm sounded after a fire broke out in the basement of the T.A. Houston department store in Mercer, Pennsylvania. Responding to the …
Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, center, presents the Carnegie Medal to Christopher Lee Taylor, left, and Patrick J. Driscoll, right, during an Aug. 9, 2022, private luncheon at Coco’s Bistro in Dayton, Ohio. Though the two …
Lynn Deutsch, mayor of Dunwoody, Ga., far right, presents the posthumous Carnegie Medal to the family of Kim A. McGrady. From left, McGrady’s son Colton McGrady, daughter Kayleigh McGrady, and …
From left, Hero Fund President Eric Zahren presented the posthumous Carnegie Medal for Ricky Lee Sneve to his mother, Nicole Eufers, and father, Chad Sneve, at a ceremony on July …
