‘CBS Sunday Morning’ segment widely viewed, reaction favorable
The CBS Sunday Morning cover story on the Hero Fund, which aired on Dec. 11, 2016, was seen by an estimated 6.24 million viewers. “The national television profile went a …
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Rescue station honors Carnegie Medal awardee
One of the sites of a newly designed beach rescue station in Cocoa Beach, Fla., is being dedicated to the memory of Fred Hunt, Jr., who died Oct. 22, 2007, …
2015-16 annual reports cite ‘persistent heroic spirit’
Annual reports summarizing the activities of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in 2015 and 2016 have been combined into a 132-page booklet that is soon to be fresh off the …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Keoni Bowthorpe
Keoni Bowthorpe, center, of Waialua, Hawaii, was awarded the Carnegie Medal by Hawaii’s governor, David Ige, right, at a ceremony in the state capitol in Honolulu in November 2016. With …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Scott R. Williams
Scott R. Williams, center, of Berlin, Vt., received his Carnegie Medal at a ceremony in the Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, in late November 2016. A state’s attorney for Washington County, Vt., …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Isbel Jimenez
Isbel Jimenez climbed through the small window of a mobile home bathroom at night to help in the rescue of a woman who had been overcome by smoke. For his …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Todd D. Clausen
Sioux City (Iowa) Mayor Robert E. Scott, left, presented the Carnegie Medal to city resident Todd D. Clausen at a city council meeting in late January 2017. Clausen was cited …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Matthew R. Bartholomew
Matthew R. Bartholomew, a physician from Midlothian, Va., was given his Carnegie Medal by another Carnegie hero, Glenn S. Bingham of Williamsburg, Va., at a meeting of the Chesterfield County …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Adam Joe Martin and Bradley C. Runions
Hayward, Wis., neighbors Adam Joe Martin, left, and Bradley C. Runions, right, teamed up to save a neighbor from his burning house on July 6, 2015, and for their efforts …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Sheriff’s Deputies Joe L. Serrano and Adrian Gallo
Pima County (Ariz.) Sheriff’s Deputies Joe L. Serrano (second from left) and Adrian Gallo (second from right) were recognized by the Hero Fund for their efforts in behalf of a …
From the archives: Ocean rescues by Laguna Beach businessman predated city’s lifeguards
The first paid lifeguards of Laguna Beach, Calif., were hired in the summer of 1929, two years after the sleepy and somewhat isolated little town was incorporated as a city. …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 49
“Peace wins her way not by force; her appeal is to the reason and the conscience of man.” —Andrew Carnegie, University of St. Andrews address, Oct. 17, 1905 Return to …
Carnegie Hero Fund remembers victims of Harwick Mine disaster 113 years later
More than a century ago, on January 25, 1904, a massive explosion tore through the 200-foot-deep Harwick Mine in Southwestern Pennsylvania, claiming the lives of 179 miners and two rescue …
Robert M. Shaw, Jr.
Robert M. Shaw, Jr., saved Robert R. Angiletta, Jr., from burning, Meriden, Connecticut, July 13, 2015. Angiletta, 36, was driving a tank truck on an interstate highway when the vehicle …
Joshua Gary Grimmett
Joshua Gary Grimmett saved a woman from drowning, Boise, Idaho, May 25, 2016. Severely injured, a 23-year-old woman was floating on her back in the approximate center of Mores Creek, …
Joseph Kolanchick
Joseph Kolanchick saved David G. Hitchcock from drowning, Scotia, New York, February 18, 2016. While skating, Hitchcock, 51, broke through ice covering much of Collins Lake, at a point about …
Damian Bell
Damian Bell helped to save Richard G. Rauzi from drowning, Indianola, Iowa, February 14, 2016. Rauzi, 57, was snowshoeing on ice atop Lake Ahquabi near an area of open water …
Kiera Vera Larsen
Kiera Vera Larsen died saving Emmah Gusich from being struck by a runaway vehicle, El Cajon, California, February 22, 2016. Emmah, 2, was playing on a sloped residential driveway behind …
Calvin Bradley Stein
Calvin Bradley Stein saved Rylee Vilneff from being struck by runaway ponies, Tweed, Ontario, July 9, 2016. Rylee, 3, was standing inside the track at a fairground when a team …
Dennis D. Swenson
Dennis D. Swenson died attempting to save Dorothy H. Swenson from burning, Cornucopia, Wisconsin, May 1, 2015. At night, Dorothy, 95, was inside the one-story house she shared with her …