Category: awardees

Sanford Harling III died attempting to rescue Sanford Harling, Jr., from burning, Norristown, Pennsylvania, February 5, 2016. Sanford Harling, Jr., 58, who required the use of a walker, was on …

Jason Barnes helped to save Jamie E. Knight from drowning, Ellicott City, Maryland, July 30, 2016. Knight, 29, was driving a car down a sloped street in a commercial district …

Richard David Greeno and Lisa McNairy rescued Charles C. Rhodes from burning, Circleville, Ohio, October 16, 2015. Rhodes, 66, who required a cane to walk, was in the lower level …

Steven L. Spurling rescued a woman from assault, St. Charles, Illinois, May 3, 2016. A 55-year-old woman fled from her house to escape an assault by her husband.  Walking nearby, …

Robert Hart Morgan saved Annaliese S. Vucich from drowning, and Connor William Quick attempted to locate a second victim, Loveland, Colorado, November 28, 2015. At night, Vucich, 22, remained in …

Erik Breitwieser saved Edmund Soledad-Reyes from burning, Southampton, New York, November 14, 2015. Unresponsive, Soledad-Reyes, 21, remained in the driver’s seat of his coupe after a nighttime accident in which …

Justin Sweet helped to save Christopher C. Phillips from drowning, Coos Bay, Oregon, September 13, 2014. Phillips, 19, jumped from a steep cliff into the Pacific Ocean and had trouble …

Krystal Ashley Salazar attempted to save Zenola M. Jenkins from drowning, Burleson, Texas, November 27, 2015. At night, Jenkins, 76, remained in the driver’s seat of her car, which was …

Shane S. Mitchell and Lisa Missana saved Marla B. Zick from drowning, Tampa, Florida, March 31, 2016. Zick, 26, remained in the driver’s seat of her car after it left …

Humberto Sanchez III saved a boy from burning, Stockton, California, August 25, 2015. A 4-month-old boy remained strapped in his car seat, which was secured to the back seat of …

Timothy Carpenter attempted to rescue Patricia Hummons from assault, Cincinnati, Ohio, January 18, 2015. Hummons, 60, was seated in her wheelchair on a walkway outside the apartment building where she …

George A. Heath died after helping to rescue Sheenah Savoy from assault, Taunton, Massachusetts, May 10, 2016. Savoy, 26, was at work in a mall restaurant when an enraged man …

Raul Moreno saved Harry Douglas from burning, Conyers, Georgia, June 22, 2016. Douglas, 71, was the driver of a dump truck that, in an accident, left the roadway and entered …

Robert M. Shaw, Jr., saved Robert R. Angiletta, Jr., from burning, Meriden, Connecticut, July 13, 2015. Angiletta, 36, was driving a tank truck on an interstate highway when the vehicle …

Joshua Gary Grimmett saved a woman from drowning, Boise, Idaho, May 25, 2016. Severely injured, a 23-year-old woman was floating on her back in the approximate center of Mores Creek, …

Joseph Kolanchick saved David G. Hitchcock from drowning, Scotia, New York, February 18, 2016. While skating, Hitchcock, 51, broke through ice covering much of Collins Lake, at a point about …

Damian Bell helped to save Richard G. Rauzi from drowning, Indianola, Iowa, February 14, 2016. Rauzi, 57, was snowshoeing on ice atop Lake Ahquabi near an area of open water …