It was 1973. Peter S. Norman, a 42-year-old miner from New Denver, British Columbia, was working 0.9 miles underground, deep in a Silmonac mine. There in a tunnel, about 8 …
I just really felt that little girl needed help. That was the main thing. It became apparent when she was flipped off the floatie that something needed to happen and …
Hero Fund staff participated in the Pittsburgh-area speaker series at the Beth El Congregation of the South Hills Oct. 16. Hero Fund President Eric Zahren discussed how the Hero Fund …
Robert H. Blasko, 91, of North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, died September 27, 2023, at his home. He was born April 3, 1932, in Bradenville, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Andrew …
If we are open to it, a minor administrative detail can give insight into an important issue. Just such a detail nudged me into thinking more carefully just what it …
A year in the making, season one of “Fear on Hold,” a new podcast by the Carnegie Hero Fund, has recently launched. Each short episode features a Carnegie hero who …
Even after death, some Carnegie heroes are providing for others. Two scholarships have been created in the names of Jessica Lea Embry and Hugh Michael O’Neil. Embry, a 40-year-old fine …
A hero in every sense of the word. — Father of Katherine M. Wenszell, Carnegie Medal recipient #10143 She didn’t think about herself, she didn’t hesitate, she didn’t think what …
By Shireen Korkzan/Episcopal News Service June 16 marked one year since three Episcopalians were killed in a shooting at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, a suburb of …
This summer, two interns have joined the ranks at the Carnegie Hero Fund staff. University of Pittsburgh rising junior John DeSantes joined Claire Skirtirch, an intern since 2021, on the …
Although Michael O’Neill knew his father was a Carnegie hero, he didn’t know the details. That’s why, after seeing a rerun of the 60 Minutes story detailing the Hero Fund’s …
The Carnegie Hero Fund is blessed to work with a remarkable group of people, the rescuers whose deeds have earned them the Carnegie Medal. Many critically important nonprofit organizations deal …
At a Pacific Grove, California, Carnegie Medal presentation held June 25, heroes Paul W. Bandy, Aimee Johns, and Heath Braddock, right, display the Carnegie Medal while flanking Stephen F. Bruemmer, …
New York Environmental Conservation Officer Daniel Franz holds the Carnegie Medal that was presented to him during a Carmel, New York, town meeting held July 5. Pictured from left are …
Sarah Perry, mother of Carnegie Hero Aden Spencer Perry displays the Carnegie Medal while Broward County (Florida) Mayor Lamar P. Fisher, left, and the Broward County Commissioners applaud at …
Carnegie Hero Jose M. Pichardo poses with New Hampshire Fire Marshal Sean P. Toomey, who presented Pichardo with the Carnegie Medal at a June 20 presentation at the Nashua (New …
Carnegie Hero Odis Lee Jones Jr., 84, died Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Okolona, Mississippi. Jones, then a 27-year-old conveyer operator living in Shannon, Mississippi, received the Carnegie Medal after …
Carnegie Hero William Harold Denzer, 72, died Sunday, July 2, 2023, in Germantown, Ohio. He was born Jan. 29, 1951, to William and Marilyn Denzer in Newark, Ohio. Denzer received …
Carnegie Hero Dennis J. Myers, 71, died Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Leipsic, Ohio, surrounded by his family. Myers was born to Norman and Helen Myers on Dec. 20, 1951, …
Carnegie Hero Gerald M. Forrester, 82, died Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Shelton, Washington. Forrester was awarded the Carnegie Medal for saving the life of fellow Carnegie hero Richard Swenson …
