Jeffrey Tanner
On Nov. 9, 2021, Cynthia Chambery, 67, was in a bedroom of her one-story house in Lima, New York, when a fire broke out in the basement. Her husband told …
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John Phillip Lally, Jr.
A Nov. 11, 2023, shoot-out on a Houston freeway left one police officer shot and others immediately seeking cover after a 19-year-old man crashed a stolen vehicle and then opened …
Stephen Harder
A fire broke out in the early morning hours of Jan. 10, 2023, in the Quincy, Washington, home of a 67-year-old woman who suffered from long-term illnesses and utilized home …
Ashley Harkins
A suicidal woman in her early 60s had climbed a 10-foot safety fence on the Baldwin Bridge in Old Lyme, Connecticut, on Nov. 27, 2023, and sat on a 9-inch-wide …
Junyi Liu
On May 20, 2023, a 76-year-old woman pulled into a Comox, British Columbia, gas station and struck a gas pump. Flames erupted at the front end of the car. Inside …
Kendell Bybee Cummings
A group of four college students were hiking a mountain in a remote area of the Shoshone National Forest in Cody, Wyoming, on Oct. 15, 2022. Almost immediately after friends …
Bruce J. Lake
Holli J. Robertson, 20, was swimming with friends on Aug. 19, 2023, in the Broad River in Fundy National Park near Alma, New Brunswick, when she lost her footing and …
Robert J. Selfridge III
“This could be a one-way trip,” one eyewitness told rescuer Robert J. Selfridge III, 58, of Harvey Cedars, New Jersey, before he dove into the Barnegat Inlet on Aug. 7, …
River Barry
A 39-year-old BASE jumper hung by his parachute 70 feet above the ground on Nov. 26, 2022 in Moab, Utah. He had jumped from the top of the 400-foot cliff, …
Jeffrey A. Hilke and Scott E. Duncan
After hearing screams at an April 21, 2021, private service in the chapel of an Eldon, Missouri, funeral home, funeral director Jeffrey A. Hilke, 47, of Jefferson City, responded. He …
Carnegie Medal presentation to David Philip Duffey
Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, along with Slippery Rock University President Karen Riley, presented Carnegie Hero David Philip Duffey with the Carnegie Medal at a March 7 private event on …
Carnegie Medal for Heroism presentation to Christine Dawn King
Hero Fund President Eric Zahren presented Carnegie Hero Christine Dawn King with the Carnegie Medal at a Bensalem, Pennsylvania, Council Meeting held Feb. 26. Pictured is Zahren, King, and her …
Carnegie Medal for Heroism presentation to the family of James G. David
The family of Carnegie Hero James G. David was presented with his Carnegie Medal by Congressman Dan Kildee and Hero Fund President Eric Zahren at a Jan. 26 presentation held …
Marvin D. Argueta R., F. Daniel Calix A., and Franklin G. Calix A.
F. Daniel Calix A., a 23-year-old roofer, was returning home Nov. 22, 2021, to his Flemington, New Jersey, apartment when he saw flames through the living room window of his …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Kendall Reyes
Hero Fund Commission member Nancy Rackoff presented Carnegie Hero Kendall Reyes with the Carnegie Medal during a Palm Beach, Florida, Police Department award ceremony held Dec. 1, 2023. In June, Reyes …
Hero Fund welcomes 2 new board members
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission is pleased to announce the election of two new members at its Sept.19 meeting. Lisa Sylvester is a veteran network news journalist and communications specialist. …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Robert Cody Moore
Carnegie Hero Robert Cody Moore was presented with the Carnegie Medal during a Bellaire, Texas, city council meeting held Sept. 18, 2023, in Bellaire’s city hall. Moore was having dinner …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Joseph P. Cockerill
Carnegie Hero Joseph P. Cockerill, center, receives the Carnegie Medal presented by Nebraska Lt. Gov. Joe Kelley, left, and Nebraska Sen. Beau Ballard at a ceremony held Sept. 11 at …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Rayna Michele Montgomery
U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith presented the Carnegie Medal to Carnegie Hero Rayna Michele Montgomery at a Sept. 6 ceremony held at the Virginia Motorsports Museum and Hall of Fame in …
Jasmine and JaCora Lashale Morris
Two teen sisters entered near-freezing water to save two young boys from drowning after the boys broke through the ice of a retention pond situated in their West Des Moines, …