In late 2016, 1973 Carnegie Hero William R. Whitacre of Salinas, Calif., returned his medal to the Hero Fund’s office with a request for assistance in enhancing its presentation. The …
By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission The Carnegie Hero Fund is dedicated to telling the stories of the heroes who have earned the Carnegie Medal. But, why? Is …
By Deborah Badgett Wilcox Greensboro, N.C. When I was a teenager it was my job to clean up the dirty dishes after dinner. And it was “my job” to pick up …
Carnegie Medal awardee Paul J. Archambault and his wife, Jacquelyn, center, of Corona, Calif., are fans of Pittsburgh’s football and hockey teams, and in early December 2016 they planned a …
Liane Heather Wood recounted her role in a 2013 river rescue in Ontario for a new documentary series chronicling the positive effect of service animals. Wood and her service dog, …
I am writing to express to you my gratitude for allowing me the opportunity to pursue my career in education. Because of your help, I have not only been able …
Dennis Francis Keefe played Santa Claus of a sort on Christmas Day 1974 when he gave the precious gift of rescued lives to a Bronx, N.Y., family. It’s 42 years …
One of the sites of a newly designed beach rescue station in Cocoa Beach, Fla., is being dedicated to the memory of Fred Hunt, Jr., who died Oct. 22, 2007, …
Annual reports summarizing the activities of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in 2015 and 2016 have been combined into a 132-page booklet that is soon to be fresh off the …
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. …
More than a century ago, on January 25, 1904, a massive explosion tore through the 200-foot-deep Harwick Mine in Southwestern Pennsylvania, claiming the lives of 179 miners and two rescue …
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 …
Kiera Vera Larsen died saving Emmah Gusich from being struck by a runaway vehicle, El Cajon, California, February 22, 2016. Emmah, 2, was playing on a sloped residential driveway behind …
Calvin Bradley Stein saved Rylee Vilneff from being struck by runaway ponies, Tweed, Ontario, July 9, 2016. Rylee, 3, was standing inside the track at a fairground when a team …
Dennis D. Swenson died attempting to save Dorothy H. Swenson from burning, Cornucopia, Wisconsin, May 1, 2015. At night, Dorothy, 95, was inside the one-story house she shared with her …
Ivan R. Romero, Jr., saved Leanne M. Cameron from burning, West Sacramento, California, July 21, 2015. Semiconscious, Cameron, 30, remained in the driver’s seat of her sedan after an interstate …
