Carnegie Medal presentation to Jameson Bartscher

Carnegie Medal presentation to Jameson Bartscher
Carnegie Hero Jameson Bartscher was presented the Carnegie Medal at a Aberdeen, S.D., City Council meeting in January. Bartscher rescued three people, including a 2-month-old baby, from a burning car in June, 2015.

Aberdeen (S.D.) City Council recognized city public works employee Jameson Bartscher of Aberdeen at a council meeting in late January 2017.  Bartscher was awarded the Carnegie Medal last September for his role in the rescue of occupants of a burning sport utility vehicle in Summit, S.D., on June 9, 2015.  Driving upon the scene, Bartscher, then 30, used a fire extinguisher against the flames and then broke out a side window with it.  He and another man then removed the car’s occupants, who included a 2-month-old infant. Read more.


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