Thomas Julius Sais, Jr.
Thomas Julius Sais, Jr., helped to save a man from burning, Palm Bay, Florida, October 16, 2016. A male motorist, 60, was in a sport utility vehicle that, in a …
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William M. Mack III
William M. Mack III rescued Mary Dugan from burning, Aston, Pennsylvania, March 24, 2017. Before dawn, Dugan, 54, remained in a rear bedroom of her home after a fire broe …
Jason Alan Doig
Jason Alan Doig helped to save a woman from falling, Port Gamble, Washington, March 3, 2017. A distraught woman attempting to commit suicide stood atop a railing of a bridge …
Joshua K. Watt
Joshua K. Watt rescued Alyssa L. Gore and James B. Allman from burning, Brownsville, Kentucky, June 26, 2017. Alyssa, 16, and Allman, 51, were inside an overturned and burning pickup …
John Gerard O’Rourke
John Gerard O’Rourke saved a 10-year-old boy from drowning, Milford, Connecticut, February 5, 2017. The boy broke through the ice on a pond while playing with friends, moments after O’Rourke …
Jimmy Rhodes
Jimmy Rhodes rescued Patrick E. Mahany, Jr., from burning, Frisco, Colorado, July 3, 2015. Mahany, 64, was the pilot of a medical helicopter that crashed in a hospital’s parking lot, …
Austin Raishbrook
Austin Raishbrook saved a man from burning, Los Angeles, California, January 1, 2017. Following a highway accident in early morning darkness, the male driver of a sport utility vehicle remained …
Michael Albert Rodriguez
Michael Albert Rodriguez helped to save Matthew S. Harris from drowning, Howell, Michigan, July 21, 2017. Harris, 45, was driving on a highway when he suffered a medical problem and …
Vickie Tillman
Vickie Tillman helped to rescue Billy A. Aime from assault, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 19, 2017. Aime, 44, police corporal, was arresting a man beside his police car in a …
Zachary J. Corey and Karen Marie Mallon
Zachary J. Corey and Karen Marie Mallon saved Olivia L. Thomas and Addalyn A. Thomas from burning, Benzonia, Michigan, November 1, 2016. Olivia, 6, and her sister Addalyn, 13 days …
Louis Marano and Thomas W. Brown
Louis Marano and Thomas W. Brown helped to save two men from drowning, North Wildwood, New Jersey, August 6, 2016. The men, both in their 20s, were swimming in the …
Andrew L. Melhado
Andrew L. Melhado rescued Tahjae Robinson and attempted to rescue Nina T. Lewis from burning, Milton, Massachusetts, December 2, 2016. Tahjae, 17, Lewis, 24, and another man, 23, were trapped …
March 2018 edition of imPULSE
The March 2018 edition of imPULSE, the Commission’s quarterly newsletter, can be read online. This issue includes resumes of the latest awardees’ heroic acts, as well as a updates on the goings …
2017 in review: 77 awards made, more than $850,000 given in grants
By Sybil P. Veeder, Chair, Executive Committee Carnegie Hero Fund Commission 2017 marked a year of change, growth, and continued success for the Hero Fund at large, which is reflected …
Eagle Scout project dedicated to Carnegie Hero
An Eagle Scout project that was ultimately dedicated to Carnegie Hero Robert W. Eicher was featured recently at a national Boy Scouts of America gala. Completed in August 2016, …
Board Notes: Author’s research shows link between altruism and human brain
By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Abigail Marsh, an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at Georgetown University, has written a galvanizing account of her research into the …
Spark of Nerve documentary chronicles girl saved by Carnegie Hero
When 15-year-old Loren B. Schaller walked into San Francisco’s Creighton’s Bakery on a spring day in 2007, she did not know her life would permanently be changed. Unprovoked, a man …
Former AP reporter Joe Mandak hired as Commission investigator
By the time I was hired to investigate Carnegie Medal nominees, I’d been writing about them for more than 17 years. That stretch of Carnegie Hero reporting began shortly after …
Carnegie Medal presentation to family of Carnegie Hero Jamie Alan Hyatt
From left, volunteer presenter Paul A. Ansolabehere presented the Carnegie Medal to the family of posthumously awarded Carnegie Hero Jamie Alan Hyatt: mother Geraldine Hyatt and father Robert Hyatt, along …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero David E. Hammond
“The story of Mr. Hammond truly is inspiring,” said U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, right, who presented the Carnegie Medal to Carnegie Hero David E. Hammond on Jan. 25, 2018, in …