Jacob Farley
A 26-year-old man will posthumously receive the Carnegie Medal. Jacob Farley, a floor installer from Wichita, Kan., drowned June 21, 2019, while keeping Madison L. Capps from drowning in the …
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Douglas Leroy Tallman, Sr.
A barber college student was eating breakfast with his family Feb. 27, 2019, at a Sacramento, Calif., diner when he saw a man pointing a pistol at the 19-year-old server …
Katherine M. Wenszell
While on a family vacation, Katherine M. Wenszell sustained a severed toe, multiple fractures, internal contusions, and a concussion after being hit and dragged 50 feet by an Atlanta subway …
Children ensure mother’s memory lives on
In the Lake George region of New York, Jane M. Mason’s legacy lives on in her family’s stewardship of a thriving cottage-rental business and a memorial scholarship named for her …
15:13 Dangerous low-head dam at site of 1987 rescue attempt to be removed
The enraged deer attack, investigated by H.W. Eyman
Through a tubular frame gate Yates entered the deer pen intending to feed the white-tailed buck that occupied the space. The enclosure measured 40 feet by 55 feet and it …
Board Notes: Carnegie Medals cannot be awarded without first a disaster
When I speak or write about the Carnegie Hero Fund, I note how blessed we are to deal with the best of human nature, that is, the splendid altruism of …
Overheard: Impulse 60
When you see this little round face screaming, that’s something you just can’t leave. I don’t think there’s a human in the world that would not jump out and grab …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Jason P. Maxwell
Jason P. Maxwell, left, receives the Carnegie Medal from Hero Fund President Eric Zahren at a private ceremony held Dec. 14, 2019, at a restaurant in Tukwila, Wash. Maxwell, of …
Carnegie Medal presentations to Carnegie Heroes Richard J. Gandolfo and Robert M. Hosey
In a Dec. 12, 2019, ceremony held at the Suffolk County (New York) police headquarters, Chief Stuart Cameron and Deputy Inspector David Regina presented Officer Richard J. Gandolfo with the Carnegie …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Mark Oscar Tuura
Burnaby (B.C.) firefighters honored their former colleague, Carnegie Hero Mark Oscar Tuura of New Westminster, B.C., at the department’s Nov. 2, 2019 Burnaby Firefighters Badge Ceremony and Retirees dinner. Pictured …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie heroes Sommer Marie King and Rebecka Blackburn
Carnegie heroes Sommer Marie King, left, and Rebecka Blackburn, right, pose with Mike Lake, member of the Canadian Parliament. Lake presented the award to the duo Dec. 15, 2019 at …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Jose L. Casanova
Jose L. Casanova received his Carnegie Medal Oct. 10, 2019, at his home in New Britain, Conn., through arrangements by the office of U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, who issued a …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Julie K. Callaghan
Carnegie Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, left, removes the Carnegie Medal from its case to show recipient, Carnegie Hero Julie K. Callaghan, of Chilliwack, B.C. Zahren presented the medal to …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Stephen Anthony Eberle
U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, left, presents the Carnegie Medal to Stephen Anthony Eberle, center, in a private ceremony Oct. 25, 2019, at the Essex, Conn., Town Hall also attended by …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Andrea L. Harris
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey honored Andrea L. Harris Oct. 9, 2019, in a ceremony in her office in Montgomery. Ivey presented Harris with the Carnegie Medal and a commendation. “Folks …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Todd D. Lyford
Todd D. Lyford, formerly of the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department in Maine, was presented the Carnegie Medal Dec. 12, 2019, at an annual Christmas banquet organized by his new employer, the …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Allen Sirois
Administrative assistant and spring intern join Carnegie Hero staff
The Hero Fund has two new hires this year including part-time administrative assistant Janet Thomas and spring intern Katherine Lewis, a 22-year-old Fairfax, Va., native who graduated from the University …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 60
Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. — 1908 address before a graduating class in New York.