Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown, right, on Oct. 21, 2020, presented deputy Zachary Salce, left, and Maddison Henslin with the Carnegie Medal for their Nov. 13, 2018, rescue of a woman from her burning home in Lompoc, California. Neighbors to the woman, Salce, then 24, and Henslin, then 21, crawled 15 feet under heavy smoke and flames until they found the woman. Together they dragged the woman to safety.
Photos courtesy of Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department.