Ivan R. Romero, Jr.
Ivan R. Romero, Jr., saved Leanne M. Cameron from burning, West Sacramento, California, July 21, 2015. Semiconscious, Cameron, 30, remained in the driver’s seat of her sedan after an interstate …
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Lori Doppelheuer Kearney
Lori Doppelheuer Kearney died attempting to save Christopher I. Kearney and Kieran C. and Eagan S. Hargis from burning, Maysville, Kentucky, October 20, 2015. At night, Christopher, 10, and his …
Shei’Londa S. Brooks
Shei’Londa S. Brooks helped to rescue Austin I. Stoney from burning, Houston, Texas, February 29, 2016. Stoney, 39, was the driver of a compact sport utility vehicle that, in a …
Cody Fields and Brian Nesbitt
Cody Fields and Brian Nesbitt rescued Rashad X. Isreal from burning, Silver Spring, Maryland, September 1, 2015. Isreal, 33, was unconscious in the driver’s seat of a burning car …
Clark Whitecalf
Clark Whitecalf rescued Jolei D. A. Farness from burning, Gallivan, Saskatchewan, August 31, 2015. At night, Farness, 18, was asleep in the living room of her family’s one-story house after …
R. Wayne Trivette and Timothy A. Holtz II
William E. Ramirez
William E. Ramirez rescued Rosny Obas from assault, Miami, Florida, April 14, 2015. Obas, 28, a police officer, initiated a traffic stop of a male suspect who was driving a …
Natalie Renee Martin
Natalie Renee Martin saved Jenna J. Martin and died after attempting to save Benjamin L. Martin and Carter J. Maki from burning, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, January 26, 2016. At night, …
Ryan P. Rollinger
Ryan P. Rollinger rescued Kevin A. Lein from assault, Harrisburg, South Dakota, September 30, 2015. Lein, 56, a high school principal, was in his office when a male student, 16, …
Nathan Ryan Reynolds
Peter F. Pontzer and Duncan O. C. Harris
Peter F. Pontzer and Duncan O. C. Harris saved a boy from drowning, Emerald Isle, North Carolina, July 28, 2015. While swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, a 13-year-old boy was …
December 2016 edition of imPULSE
The December 2016 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 look back at the Commission’s …
Blood brothers survive shark attack
Colin W. Cook, left, was surfing in the Pacific Ocean off Haleiwa, Hawaii, on Oct. 9, 2015, when he was attacked by an 11-foot-long tiger shark, which severed his left …
CBS Sunday Morning visits Hero Fund to film segment on its history and work
CBS Sunday Morning, the long-running staple of the CBS television morning lineup, is featuring the Hero Fund in a segment that was scheduled to air in late November 2016. The …
Moral, mortal choices as defining heroism
By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Andrew Carnegie created the Hero Fund to recognize “men or women [who] are injured or lose their lives in attempting to preserve …
Family’s genealogical curiosity shows culture of heroism can be nurtured
By Brandon Abbs, Ph.D. Pennington, N.J. The awarding of a Carnegie Medal to Robert C. Marshall in 1954 is part of a genealogical curiosity rooted in the origins of the …
Friends remembered: Jackie A. Wellington
Jackie A. Wellington, 77, of The Villages, Fla., died Aug. 3, 2016. He was awarded the medal in 1954 for his rescue actions of Aug. 18, 1952, by …
Documentary on Knox Mine disaster to include hero’s actions
The aftermath of the Knox Mine disaster in Northeastern Pennsylvania, which claimed the lives of 12 miners, included the convictions of mining company and union officials because of illegal digging under …
Illinois ceremony cites four past awardees
‘It’s never too late to honor a hero’ A diverse group of family, friends, and strangers gathered in a quiet corner of Bunker Hill Cemetery on a hot day in …
Grave marker mounted on headstone of Raymond F. Gooch
A bronze grave marker cast in the likeness of the Carnegie Medal was mounted spring 2015 on the Gooch Family headstone in Alexander Memorial Park, Evansville, Ind. Raymond F. Gooch, …