From the Archives: Hostage forfeits chance to escape to save colleagues
The events leading up to the 1959 heroism of Louis Gorman in behalf of seven other men held hostage at their workplace for several hours began with a hunt for …
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From the Archives: Terror in the Fruit Cellar — ‘Where there’s water and electricity, you’ve got problems’
Fifty years ago, on the night of July 4, 1969, stormy weather was brewing in the city of Sandusky, Ohio. During this particular electrical storm, 70 m.p.h. gale winds persisted …
From the Archives: Strength in Numbers — 12 men awarded Carnegie Medals for mine rescue
April 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of a Salmo mine accident and resulting acts of extraordinary heroism by 12 men, who were awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1972. It is …
From the archives: ‘Boy hero’ receives Carnegie Medal grave marker
After months of searching—which included two newspaper articles, several interviews, and hours of genealogical research—Boy Scouts of America official Gregory Motta could not solve the mystery of who was leaving …
From the archives: Grave marker of John N. Miller unveiled
It was Thanksgiving Day in 1949 when a fire tore through a house in the village of Aquashicola, Pa., and forever changed the lives of two young families. John N. …
From the archives: Carnegie Medal presented twice to Carnegie Hero Ruby Hattie Lindsay
By Sharon Sanders Southeast Missourian In April 1924, school teacher Marjorie Haines Hobbs and her 15-year-old pupil, Ruby Hattie Lindsay, were enjoying a hike in the woods north of Cape …
From the archives: A renowned explorer, Carnegie hero remembered as fair, decent
By Phoebe Porter Conway, Mass. Carnegie Medal awardee Charles T. Porter, Jr.—known by his family as “Talby” and by the outside world as “Charlie”—led an adventurous life. It was often …
From the archives: Ocean rescues by Laguna Beach businessman predated city’s lifeguards
The first paid lifeguards of Laguna Beach, Calif., were hired in the summer of 1929, two years after the sleepy and somewhat isolated little town was incorporated as a city. …
From the archives: The Carnegies visit Santa Cruz
By contemporary accounts, the visit of Andrew Carnegie and his wife, Louise, and daughter, Margaret, to Santa Cruz, Calif., on March 11, 1910, was thoroughly enjoyed by both the …
From the archives : Grandfather’s legacy: All are called to help each other
By Teresa Hardister Randleman, N.C. On the Sunday prior to July 6, 1956, my grandfather, J. Walter Reeder, stood in …
From the archives: Legacy of hero strong through 112 years
By Margaretmary McCann and William Norbert Our relative, Thomas H. McCann of South Portland, Maine, was the sixth recipient of the Carnegie Medal and the first Mainer to be honored. If …
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 …
From the archives: 60th anniversary of Chesapeake shipwreck, heroism observed
Aug. 12, 1955: Alarms sounded at about 6 p.m. in North Bay Village, a summer resort town situated on the western coast of the Chesapeake Bay near Fairhaven, Md. Volunteer …