Category: awardees

Thomas Julius Sais, Jr., helped to save a man from burning, Palm Bay, Florida, October 16, 2016. A male motorist, 60, was in a sport utility vehicle that, in a …

William M. Mack III rescued Mary Dugan from burning, Aston, Pennsylvania, March 24, 2017. Before dawn, Dugan, 54, remained in a rear bedroom of her home after a fire broe …

Jason Alan Doig helped to save a woman from falling, Port Gamble, Washington, March 3, 2017. A distraught woman attempting to commit suicide stood atop a railing of a bridge …

Joshua K. Watt rescued Alyssa L. Gore and James B. Allman from burning, Brownsville, Kentucky, June 26, 2017. Alyssa, 16, and Allman, 51, were inside an overturned and burning pickup …

John Gerard O’Rourke saved a 10-year-old boy from drowning, Milford, Connecticut, February 5, 2017. The boy broke through the ice on a pond while playing with friends, moments after O’Rourke …

Jimmy Rhodes rescued Patrick E. Mahany, Jr., from burning, Frisco, Colorado, July 3, 2015. Mahany, 64, was the pilot of a medical helicopter that crashed in a hospital’s parking lot, …

Austin Raishbrook saved a man from burning, Los Angeles, California, January 1, 2017. Following a highway accident in early morning darkness, the male driver of a sport utility vehicle remained …

Michael Albert Rodriguez helped to save Matthew S. Harris from drowning, Howell, Michigan, July 21, 2017. Harris, 45, was driving on a highway when he suffered a medical problem and …

Vickie Tillman helped to rescue Billy A. Aime from assault, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 19, 2017. Aime, 44, police corporal, was arresting a man beside his police car in a …

Zachary J. Corey and Karen Marie Mallon saved Olivia L. Thomas and Addalyn A. Thomas from burning, Benzonia, Michigan, November 1, 2016. Olivia, 6, and her sister Addalyn, 13 days …

Louis Marano and Thomas W. Brown helped to save two men from drowning, North Wildwood, New Jersey, August 6, 2016. The men, both in their 20s, were swimming in the …

Andrew L. Melhado rescued Tahjae Robinson and attempted to rescue Nina T. Lewis from burning, Milton, Massachusetts, December 2, 2016. Tahjae, 17, Lewis, 24, and another man, 23, were trapped …

Dmitriy A. Bondarenko died attempting to save Aleks M. Kanishchev from drowning in Panama City, Fla., on Aug. 10, 2016. Kanishchev, 60, became trapped in a strong current in the …

Justin William Schroepfer died attempting to save Kaylilyn S. Tansey and Abigail L. Sprinkle from drowning in Marquette, Mich., on June 11, 2016. Tansey and Sprinkle, both 22, were wading …

Angel Darlene Fiorini and Matthew Paul Burson helped to rescue Gianna E. Fiorini from a burning building, Burson also rescuing Fiorini, in Newman Lake, Wash., on Oct. 28, 2016. Gianna, …

James Raymond Garvey, Sr. saved Ryan Hindinger from a burning vehicle in Imler, Pa., on Nov. 19, 2016. Hindinger, 26, was driving his sport utility vehicle on a rural stretch …

Hilton Quintana and Kyle Van Note rescued Andreas Kruizenga from a burning vehicle in Cresco, Pa., on Aug. 25, 2016. Kruizenga, 65, was the driver of a car that overturned …

Joshua J. Owen helped to rescue a woman and a baby from assault in Shawnee, Kan., on  Sept. 11, 2016. In a store parking lot in the afternoon, two assailants …

Mark Rich helped to save a girl from drowning in Atlantic Beach, N.C., on July 25, 2016. A 9-year-old girl and her younger sister were caught in the strong current …

James Edward Giles rescued a boy and girl from a burning building in Terrace, B.C., on  Oct. 18, 2016. Two young siblings, a boy and a girl, were in a …