J. Ryan Thornton
On Sept. 5, 2018, in Thornton, police Officer J. Ryan Thornton, 41, responded to the scene of a mobile home fire. Upon arrival, he kicked open the door of the …
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Jason P. Maxwell
Carnegie Hero Jason P. Maxwell, a 43-year-old vessel operations manager of Maple Valley, Wash., on Aug. 13, 2018, entered deep, cold water at a Seattle dock to save a crewman …
Jordan Scott Lambay
It was a late Sunday night when Truman State University student Jordan Scott Lambay, now of Okinawa, Japan, became alerted to a June 29, 2018, attack occurring outside his Kirksville, …
Phillip H. DiLuca
Off-duty Clinton Police Officer Phillip H. DiLuca, 24, entered a burning mobile home, searched until finding the home’s occupant, and guided him from the structure on June 13, 2017 in …
Nathan Scott Wanhala
Bus passenger Nathan Scott Wanhala of Santa Cruz, Calif. rescued a woman, 25, and her toddler daughter, 3, from assault aboard the interstate bus on March 5, 2018, in Visalia, …
Rebecka Blackburn and Sommer Marie King
Rebecka Blackburn and Sommer Marie King, both of Leduc, Alta., on June 20, 2018, rescued a man who was struggling to stay afloat in the middle of the North Saskatchewan …
Heather Zabrowski
After a July 30, 2018, accident near Olympia, Wash., 29-year-old administrative assistant Heather Zabrowski of Olympia responded to a burning sport utility vehicle that had come to rest in a …
Richard J. Gandolfo and Robert M. Hosey
Nineteen-year-old Mercedes C. Ramos was trapped inside a burning sport utility vehicle after an April 20, 2018, accident in which the front of her vehicle struck and became wedged beneath …
Leon Wright
Orlando, Fla., resident Leon Wright was shopping Sept. 8, 2018, in Orlando when he heard a car horn honking erratically. A couple was parked at a drive-through bank machine nearby …
Richard Thomas Krochta
Freight trucker Richard Thomas Krochta, of Florissant, Colo., saved Scott C. Smith, 70, and Denese M. Kostrzewa, 59, from inside a burning minivan after an accident in Woodland Park, Colo., …
Allen Sirois
After a May 26, 2018, highway accident in Belton, Texas, 20-year-old delivery driver Allen Sirois, of Salado, Texas, responded to the scene: a concrete mixer truck had overturned onto its …
Michael Douglas Barkhouse
Michael Douglas Barkhouse, of Walton, N.S., saved a kennel attendant, 42, from an attacking dog at a shelter in Yellowknife, N.W.T., on June 17, 2017. Barkhouse, a 44-year-old construction worker, …
Todd D. Lyford
Dover-Foxcroft Police Officer Todd D. Lyford, 54, saved a 65-year-old woman from burning after a July 30, 2018, accident caused her vehicle to leave a Dover-Foxcroft roadway, travel down a …
Carnegie Hero David Michael McCartney saves another life
Inspired by advice from the woman he saved, Carnegie Hero David Michael McCartney, 35, of Darlington, Ind., became a hero once again this year by donating a kidney to a …
A selfless friend: Texas Scouts honor and remember act of heroism
Boy Scouts organized a special ceremony to honor Carnegie Hero and Boy Scout John David McRae and the boy he attempted to rescue, Norman E. Vrba on the anniversary of …
Board Notes: Generations Carry on Founder’s Vision
Andrew Carnegie was a man of mighty visions, and he acted on those visions in a way few men have. He died 100 years ago, and on this centennial anniversary …
Carnegie Hero Charles E. Britt celebrates his 95th birthday
This column, dated April 17, appeared in The (North Augusta, S.C.) Star. Columnist Phyllis Britt is the daughter-in-law of Carnegie Hero Charles E. Britt, who, at the age of 73, …
Friends Remembered: Gladys Mae Willis
Gladys Mae Willis, 96, of Little Rock, Ark., died Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Willis was the widow of Ernest Willis, who died in 1967 attempting to save an 8-year-old boy …
Behind the scenes: Intern has personal ties to Hero Fund
During summer 2019, Saint Vincent College rising senior Anna Zahren interned for the Carnegie Hero Fund alongside returning intern Lauryn Maykovich. Their primary focus is designing and editing the Commission’s …
Hero Fund contributes to Carnegie Corporation’s ‘Dear Mr. Carnegie’ project
A volume of letters written to Andrew Carnegie by today’s leaders of the more than 20 organizations he founded will be published this fall. Carnegie Corporation of New York presented …