Monument of hero restored
With some investigating by historian Ken Johnson of Langley, B.C., initiative by dedicated cemetery leadhand Shawn Flint of Thunder Bay, Ont., elbow grease by Lakehead Monument Ltd. of Thunder Bay, …
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Hometown puts Carnegie Medal awardee in large mural depicting notable natives
Decades after Nazareth A. Tomasetti rescued a man from a cave-in during a street-excavation project, his portrait adorns a five-story-tall building in his longtime home of Pittston, Pa. Tomasetti, a …
Measure of his heart: Carnegie Hero writes book
Carnegie Medal recipient and Lighthouse Project founder Paul J. Lessard has recently turned his pen toward the subject of long-time friend and mentor, Yogi Yarborough, in his latest book, A …
Stories of heroes continue past their acts, as each life touches so many others
By Traci E. Langston Phoenix, Ariz. Noah V. Langston saved Delilah E. Arnold from drowning, Sperry, Oklahoma, June 2, 1922. While wading and trying to swim in Bird Creek, Delilah, …
Friends remembered: Joseph R. Sowers
Joseph R. Sowers, 96, of Kingston, Tenn., died Dec. 8, 2015. At age 23 in 1942, Sowers, then an automobile mechanic, saved an 8-year-old boy from drowning in the flooded …
Friends remembered: Marvin E. Panch
Marvin E. Panch, 89, of Port Orange, Fla., died Dec. 31, 2015. One of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers, Panch was involved in a fiery crash at Daytona International Speedway on …
Radio host queries awardees: What does it mean to be heroic?
By Mike Slater Radio Station KFMB, San Diego, Calif. We’re all so confused about what’s right and wrong, what we value, and what we consider heroic and what we consider …
Carnegie Hero Lincoln J. Partridge died for another
Carnegie Hero Lincoln J. Partridge was 43 and the father of five when he lost his life in a tragic accident on Nov. 23, 1907. His death came just after …
Stichting Carnegie Heldenfonds secretary retiring
Hans W. de Vries, 12-year secretary of Stichting Carnegie Heldenfonds—the hero fund of the Netherlands—retired at the end of 2015. He started work for the Dutch fund in 2004 and …
Friends remembered: Elizabeth L. Darlington
Elizabeth L. Darlington, 87, of Columbia, S.C., died Jan. 2, 2016. She was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2006 for her actions of Oct. 12, 2005, by which she—at age …
Carnegie Medal presentations
Liane Heather Wood, an insurance broker; her husband, Daniel Marvin Wood, a pastor; Clifford W. J. Peterson, a police constable; and Isaac G. Pinsonneault, a college student (from left, above), …
From the archives: U.S. hero made German prisoner
If you do good, good things will come to you too. That’s the conclusion of Gudrun Laux-Vincq of Mezos, France, whose father, Karl J. Laux, was awarded the Carnegie Medal …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 45
“This is man’s work on earth, one of development toward the more perfect day; nothing yet finished, but all growing better through his strenuous exertions. “Rest and be thankful” is …
Carnegie Medal presentation to 4 Carnegie Heroes
Recently, Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Board Member Nathalie Lemieux and Director of External Affairs Douglas R. Chambers conducted a Carnegie Medal presentation to four Carnegie Heroes: Isaac G. Pinsonneault, Liane Heather …
Carnegie Medal presented to Charles E. Wyant
Michael L. Wiant, who was rescued from a burning dump truck by Carnegie Hero Charles E. Wyant, presented the Carnegie Medal to Wyant at a presentation held at 12:30 p.m. …
Friends remembered: Randell Ranson
Randell Ranson, 44, of Heber City, Utah, died July 1, 2015. An Army veteran of Operation Desert Storm, where he was an instructor and drill sergeant, he worked as an …
Friends remembered: Raymond F. Gooch
Raymond F. Gooch, 93, of Evansville, Ind., died Sept. 16, 2015. In 1941, he was awarded the Carnegie Medal for helping to save three friends from drowning in the Ohio …
December 2015 edition of imPULSE
The December 2015 edition of imPULSE, the Commission’s quarterly newsletter, can be read online. This issue includes resumes of the latest awardees’ heroic acts, as well as stories detailing one family’s response …
Family’s two deaths prompt drowning awareness efforts
Brittany Bulkley wants to honor her late father’s attempt to rescue her son from drowning to encourage children’s safety near water and promote drowning awareness. Ronald LaRue, 54, of Mayfield, …
For better, for worse: Married couple rescues girl from frigid water
The couple that saves together, stays together. For Liane Heather Wood and Daniel Marvin Wood of Frankford, Ont., their marital bond of 25 years went beyond a vow of “for …