St. Catharines, Ontario, Mayor Mat Siscoe presented the Carnegie Medal to police officer Aidan James Loughlin at a Feb. 9 presentation held at St. Catharines city hall. Loughlin was off …
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Councillor Cathy Deagle Gammon presented the Carnegie Medal to Trisha Munroe and her son Alex Munroe at a Nov. 18 presentation held at the Halifax City Hall. …
The family of Joseph Hugh West received his posthumously awarded Carnegie Medal at a private presentation held on Oct. 12, 2025, at the Rocky Fork Christian Church in Sanford, …
Holly Springs, North Carolina, Mayor Sean Mayefskie presented the Carnegie Medal to Carnegie Hero Eddie Hunnell at a Nov. 18 town council meeting. Also at the ceremony, Blake Belch, the …
The Hero Fund was honored to recognize the heroism of 69 individuals awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2025. Among the recipients were 63 Americans and six Canadians, who together represented …
On Mother’s Day 1993, a spark on a 33-foot cabin cruiser ignited gasoline in the boat’s generator, turning the vessel into an instant fireball. At the time, the boat was …
After the end of the Reconstruction Era in 1877, Black Americans experienced profound racial divisions and systemic discrimination in their lives in America. Yet, acts of selflessness and bravery that …
By Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy, History in Two Voices Editor’s note: This story first appeared on Dec. 29 on the History in Two Voices blog. It is …
It was a conscious decision that I’m going in because he needs help right now. — Brandon Bair, Carnegie Medal recipient #10307 I wasn’t thinking about myself at all. I …
By Eric P. Zahren, President of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Often during my 10-year tenure at the Hero Fund, I have wondered what founder Andrew Carnegie would make of …
Friends Remembered is a collection of tributes to Carnegie heroes, beneficiaries, and others we have lost since the last edition of Impulse. They are listed chronologically by date of passing. …
If Hero Fund founder Andrew Carnegie walked through the doors of the Hero Fund offices today, I think he would immediately recognize what we are doing to carry out the …
Friends Remembered is a collection of tributes to Carnegie heroes, beneficiaries, and others we have lost since the last edition of Impulse. They are listed chronologically by date of passing. …
To be honest with you, I think that most people would have done this. – Lewis A. Medina, Carnegie Hero #10302 I wasn’t thinking about myself at all. I was …
On a street outside her apartment in West Hollywood, California, Theresa Saldana sensed that bystanders were near, but nobody was coming closer to help her despite her screams. On …
Hero Fund Chair Thomas L. Wentling Jr., right, unfurls a resolution for Hero Fund President Eric P. Zahren, left, to celebrate his 10-year-milestone anniversary as a Hero Fund board member. …
I hope you won’t consider me disloyal to our great Carnegie heroes if I tell you I do sometimes think about other kinds of heroism – the kind that does …
No sooner had Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Chair Thomas L. Wentling Jr. retired from a 48-year career as a financial advisor, his cousin beckoned him to Las Vegas to talk …
By Ron Suduiko In 1848, plans for Lawrence, Massachusetts, envisioned it as a ‘new industrial city,’ one that would attract labor with offers of good jobs, reasonable pay, good housing, …
Mayor Miko Pickett of Mullins, South Carolina, presented the Carnegie Medal to Kennis Steven Goodman at an Oct. 14 presentation held at city hall. “We had the honor of …
