July 20, 2021; Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Ed Perlmutter and Jason Crow, representing Colorado’s sixth and seventh districts, introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to …
June 23, 2021 — In its second announcement of 2021, the Carnegie Hero Fund is proud to recognize 18 civilians who risked their lives for others. Each will receive the …
Donations will help family members of healthcare workers and volunteers who lost their lives to COVID-19 PITTSBURGH, PA– The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission has donated $100,000 to the Brave of …
March 24, 2021 — The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission today announced that 18 people will receive North America’s highest honor for civilian heroism for risking their lives for others in …
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 14, 2020 — The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission today announced 17 people will receive the highest honor for civilian heroism in the U.S. and Canada for risking their …
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 22, 2020 — The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission today announced 17 people have been named Carnegie heroes for entering into mortal danger to rescue others. They each will …
PITTSBURGH, June 23, 2020 — The Hero Fund announced today that it will create a special committee to look at ways to recognize and honor those who have willingly placed …
PITTSBURGH, June 22, 2020 – The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission today announced 15 people have been named Carnegie heroes for entering into mortal danger to rescue others. They each will …
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission would like to recognize the doctors, nurses, researchers, and healthcare workers, who have gone above and beyond, working to save the …
PITTSBURGH, March 17, 2020 — The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission today announced 17 Americans and one Canadian have been named Carnegie heroes for entering into mortal danger to rescue others. …
PITTSBURGH—Eighteen individuals will receive a Carnegie Medal – the highest honor for civilian heroism in the U.S. and Canada – for risking their lives while trying to save others from …
PITTSBURGH—Four police officers who went above and beyond the line of duty to rescue people are among the most recently named Carnegie heroes. In separate incidents, two of those officers …
PITTSBURGH, June 24, 2019—A high school teacher sprang into action when she was alerted to a 14-year-old student with a gun in her school’s cafeteria, a 16-year-old boy on his …
The annual report contains the 148 heroic acts awarded during the past two years including the extraordinary actions of seven children and teens. Among those were Kevin D. Little, Jr., 10, …
PITTSBURGH, March 18, 2019—The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission today recognized 19 Americans as Carnegie heroes for risking their lives while trying to save others, including six children and three truck …
PITTSBURGH, December 18, 2018—Eighteen people – 16 Americans and two Canadians – were recently named Carnegie heroes for risking their lives for others in life-threatening situations, including seven children trapped …
16 recognized for acts of extraordinary heroism PITTSBURGH, September 20, 2018 — Sixteen people – 15 Americans and one Canadian – make up the most recent class of those named …
Carnegie Medals Awarded to 19 Carnegie Heroes for Acts of Civilian Heroism PITTSBURGH, JUNE, 25 2018 — A 62-year-old pediatric nurse practitioner used her body to shield a woman from …
CARNEGIE HERO FUND COMMISSION NAMES 10,000TH HERO PITTSBURGH, MARCH 26, 2018— Last winter, a 56-year-old school cafeteria clerk stopped her car after seeing a wounded police officer struggling to take …
PITTSBURGH, PA., DECEMBER 19, 2017— A 24-year-old father who attempted to save his 3-year-old son from a burning building, a 76-year-old who removed a man from a burning car, a …
