Author: Carnegie Hero Fund

Kristian F. Falkenstein helped to save a 32-year-old man from drowning, Belmar, New Jersey, September 23, 2017. The man was swimming in the Atlantic Ocean when he began to struggle …

Joshua Aaron Traylor and Ron Allen Elko helped to save a 3-year-old boy from drowning, Mount Clemens, Michigan, April 9, 2017, Traylor drowning in the process. The boy was on …

M. Ross Klun and Catherine Kinyua helped to save a man from drowning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 30, 2016. The man, 32, floated motionless in a deep, murky inlet of the …

David Moen rescued Kymberly A. Dominguez from burning, Lake Orion, Michigan, June 28, 2017. Dominguez, 29, was in a second-floor bedroom of her family’s home when an explosion occurred in …

James Williams helped to rescue Jaikeem Hillard from attacking dogs, Green Bay, Wisconsin, June 20, 2016. On a sidewalk in a residential neighborhood, an adult pit bull dog dragged Jaikeem, …

Brian R. Gadwell and Steven A. Rauser helped to rescue Ethel M. Woodger from drowning, Detroit, Michigan, April 17, 2017. At night in a park adjacent the Detroit River, Woodger, …

David Scot Love rescued Mishelle K. Calzoncit from burning, San Antonio, Texas, December 30, 2016. Calzoncit, 22, was semi-conscious and trapped inside a burning car following an accident at night. …

Richard R. Krul rescued Jeffrey C. Neville from assault, Flint, Michigan, June 21, 2017. An on-duty airport police lieutenant, Neville, 55, of Grand Blanc, Mich., was walking with Krul, 60, …

Scott Derrick Whitford died attempting to rescue a girl from drowning, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, June 17, 2017. A 15-year-old girl was caught in a rip current that carried her …

Connor N. Devine rescued Alyssa T. Garcia from assault, Warwick, Rhode Island, March 5, 2017. Garcia, 18, was at work inside a drug store when a 41-year-old man, armed with …

Brian Kunze helped to save a woman from burning, Tucson, Arizona, June 18, 2016. In the early morning, the 82-year-old woman, who was bedridden and on oxygen therapy, was in …

Deanne M. Kilian rescued Katie A. Blanchard from assault, Leavenworth, Kansas, September 7, 2016. Blanchard, 26, a clinical nursing supervisor, was doused with a flammable liquid and set afire by …

Stephanie L. Pelley and Charley Torres saved a woman from drowning, Flatrock, Newfoundland and Labrador, November 9, 2015. A distressed woman intentionally leapt, fully clothed, from a remote, rocky shoreline …

Damian Languell saved Quintin S. Thompson from burning, Wade, Maine, July 15, 2017. Quintin, 16, was badly injured and pinned inside a car that had caught fire after it collided …

John Andrew Ussery died after attempting to save Jason E. Deleon from drowning, Palm Beach, Florida, May 16, 2017. Deleon, 25, was wading in the Atlantic Ocean near a beach …

Robert Lee Thornton, Jr., rescued a woman and attempted to rescue a man from burning, Center Line, Michigan, November 23, 2016. A woman, 77, was a passenger in a pickup …

Ross A. Johnson rescued a woman from assault, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 7, 2016. A 65-year-old woman was in the driver’s seat of a car that was parked at a …

Matthew John Kalafat saved Dishita Pandya from drowning, Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, September 25, 2016. Pandya, 26, was in wadable water in the Atlantic Ocean near high tide when …