Charles G. Gluckleder
Steger, Illinois Charles G. Gluckleder rescued Tyree Miller, Sr., and Tyree Miller, Jr., from burning, Chicago Heights, Illinois, October 14, 2015. Miller, 88, and his son, 64, were in second-floor …
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Christopher T. DePaoli
Irvington, New York Christopher T. DePaoli rescued Deborah Henry from assault, Irvington, New York, April 8, 2015. Henry, 36, was on the platform of a commuter train station when a …
M. Neil Jones, Sr.
Binghamton, New York M. Neil Jones, Sr., helped to rescue Louis J. Cioci from assault, Johnson City, New York, March 31, 2014. Cioci, 42, a police officer, was attempting to …
Jacob Scott Jones
St. Helens, Oregon Jacob Scott Jones rescued Albert L. Schneider and others from assault, St. Helens, Oregon, March 27, 2015. Schneider, 75, exited his house and approached a male neighbor, …
Kaiden J. Porter-Foy
Lake Stevens, Washington Kaiden J. Porter-Foy rescued Gigi L. Hays from burning, Lake Stevens, Washington, August 8, 2015. At night, Hays, 54, was in the laundry room of her double-width …
Christopher Canale
Farmingville, New York Christopher Canale saved Grace Robertson and John F. Weber, Jr., from burning, Manorville, New York, October 8, 2015. Robertson, 70, was the passenger of a small school …
William James Griep, Jr., & Benjamin McAuliffe
St. Francis, Minnesota Apex, North Carolina William James Griep, Jr., and Benjamin McAuliffe helped to save Lillian R. Anderson from burning, Oak Grove, Minnesota, September 7, 2015. Anderson, 80, was …
Turner Lagpacan and Jason C. Newby
Wichita, Kansas Eaton, Colorado Turner Lagpacan and Jason C. Newby attempted to rescue Dwight H. Handley from burning, Mulhall, Oklahoma, April 3, 2015. Handley, 62, was the driver of a …
Derrick M. Johnson
Circle Pines, Minnesota Derrick M. Johnson rescued Galen H. Carlson from an attacking dog, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, July 20, 2015. Carlson, 78, was walking his dog on a residential …
Michael H. Peddicord and Donald E. Lee, Sr.
Denton, Maryland Michael H. Peddicord and Donald E. Lee, Sr., helped to save Norma L. Towers from burning, Denton, Maryland, October 24, 2014. Towers, 87, was in a first-floor bedroom of …
Andrew Baugh
Mason City, Illinois Andrew Baugh saved Chase W. McDermand from burning, Lincoln, Illinois, June 12, 2015. Chase, 14, was driving a midget-chassis race car during a race at a speedway …
Carnegie Hero visits Commission offices
Carnegie Hero Donald E. Thompson and his family visited the Pittsburgh offices of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission on Monday, June 13, 2016. Mr. Thompson, a Los Angeles police officer, …
June 2016 edition of imPULSE
The June 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 the announcement of the Commission’s new …
Carnegie Hero reunited with man saved from burning
That’s what Edward P. Blomquist, right, told a reporter from The Register-Guard of Eugene, Ore., on being reunited with the man who saved him from a burning car. The man …
Board notes: ‘Small’ moral choices prepare heroes for the big mortal one
By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” —From …
Researchers to study heroes DNA for genetics influencing altruistic behaviors
Are there gene variants in humans associated with a greater probability to help others in an emergency? That is, is being a hero in our DNA? The question intrigued three …
Medal awarded posthumously bought at auction by collector
Ivah J. Coles of East St. Louis, Ill., gave his life for a friend on June 8, 1904, within two months of the Hero Fund’s founding in April. He was …
Commission’s new executive director : Heroism never fades, needed now as ever
Concluding a 25-year career with the U.S. Secret Service, most lately as special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh field office, Eric. P. Zahren was elected the Commission’s new Executive …
15:13 Boy hero recalled 100 years after death
A century after his heroic death, George C. Reitmeier’s story lives on at the gravesite of the boy hero in Cumberland, Md. George was just 9 when he died Jan. …
Carnegie Hero’s actions retold in centennial of catastrophic flooding
In mid-July 1916, the remnants of two hurricanes collided over western North Carolina, inundating the mountain region and the western Piedmont with historic rainfall. The result was catastrophic. Landslides wiped …