The Hero Fund provides grave markers—bronze medallions cast in the likeness of the Carnegie Medal—at no cost to the families of deceased awardees. One such was provided to the family …
By John Roberts Danvers, Mass. Our mother, June E. Roberts, raised two children while working for more than 30 years for New England Telephone/NYNEX. Somehow she managed and was able …
Calvin Bradley Stein, right, took quite a beating last July when he was run over and dragged by a team of runaway ponies while saving a small girl from their …
Joseph B. Hamblin rescued a woman from a runaway vehicle, St. George, Utah, March 31, 2016. The woman was in the driver’s seat of a pickup truck that was moving …
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 …
The March 2017 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 a review of the Commission’s …
Angel in heaven, hero on Earth. Those words were engraved in stone to memorialize Kiera Vera Larsen, who died at age 10 in 2016 while saving a toddler from being …
