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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

Category: imPULSE Issue 56

Friends remembered: Vincent Santaniello

Friends remembered

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Jewels Phraner

Vincent Santaniello, 58, of Dover, Ohio, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, in his home following a year-long, hard-fought illness. He was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2017, for one year …

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Pittsburgh-area high school’s Hall of Fame inducts Carnegie hero

Hall of Fame

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Last Fall, a nephew’s years-long effort to get his uncle, Carnegie Medal awardee Raymond J. Grundler, inducted into the hall of fame of their alma mater paid off. Along with …

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Heroism deeply rooted in Kansas family

Heroism deeply rooted

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

It took about 109 years to fully recognize, but heroism runs in Deanne M. Kilian’s family. Kilian, now 64, a pediatric nurse practitioner at Munson Army Health Center in Fort …

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Tree of life mass shooting intersects with hero fund work

founder's values

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission The Carnegie Hero Fund works across a broad geography, recognizing heroic acts in the United States and Canada, and collaborating with Carnegie …

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Family honors 1926 Carnegie hero

Family honors 1926 Carnegie hero

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Carnegie Medal awardee Henry W. Meyers died in 1925 attempting to rescue a 14-year-old girl from drowning, and his extended family is making certain his memory is kept alive. In …

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Friends remembered: Doug Chambers

Friends remembered

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Douglas R. Chambers, 75, of Oakmont, Pa., died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018. Chambers was hired by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in 2002 as acting managing director and immediately assumed …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Jay Agli

Carnegie Hero Jay Agli

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty, left, hugs Jessica Vega, mother of the late Carnegie Hero Jay Agli, during the Nov. 19 presentation of Jay’s posthumously awarded Carnegie Medal in a ceremony at …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Scott Derrick Whitford

Carnegie Hero Scott Derrick Whitford

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

After an Oct. 22 medal presentation, from left, Atlantic Beach (N.C.) Fire Chief Adam Snyder; Paula Jordan, sister of the late Carnegie Hero Scott Derrick Whitford; and Atlantic Beach Mayor …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero David Scot Love

Carnegie Hero David Scot Love

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, left, presented the Carnegie Medal to Carnegie Hero David Scot Love Oct. 23 at his Henderson, N.C., district office. Love, 41, of Flat Rock, N.C., ran …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Liam Bernard

Carnegie Hero Liam Bernard

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Carnegie Hero Liam Bernard, center, was honored Dec. 6 at Mi’kmawey School in St. Peter’s, N.S. Potolek First Nation Chief Wilbert Marshall, left, and Carnegie Hero Fund Commission board member …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Connor N. Devine

Carnegie Hero Connor N. Devine

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Media gather as Carnegie Hero Connor N. Devine, center, accepts the Carnegie Medal presented to him by Warwick (R.I.) Mayor Joseph Solomon at a Sept. 14 ceremony held in the …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Kristian F. Falkenstein

Carnegie Hero Kristian F. Falkenstein

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

From left, U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, Carnegie Hero Kristian F. Falkenstein, and Hero Fund President Eric P. Zahren examine the Carnegie Medal presented to Falkenstein at an Oct. 16 ceremony …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Brian R. Gadwell and Steven A. Rauser

Brian R. Gadwell and Steven A. Rauser

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Carnegie heroes Brian R. Gadwell, left, and Steven A. Rauser, right, hold the Carnegie Medal while standing with Detroit Police Chief James Craig. The two Detroit police offiers were presented …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero David Moen

Carnegie Hero David Moen

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Carnegie Hero David Moen poses with the woman he saved, Kymberly A. Dominguez, after he was presented the Carnegie Medal by Orion Township (Mich.) Supervisor Chris Barnett at the township’s …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Catherine Kinyua

Carnegie Hero Catherine Kinyua

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, left, presents Carnegie Hero Catherine Kinyua with the Carnegie Medal on Nov. 19 in Walsh’s office. Kinyua helped save a 32-year-old man from drowning in …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Stephanie L. Pelley and Charley Torres

Stephanie L. Pelley and Charley Torres

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Constables Stephanie L. Pelley, left, and Charley Torres, right,  received the Carnegie Medal from Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Chief Jospeh A. Boland, center, on Oct. 3 in St. John’s, N.F. Boland …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Delbert G. Blare

Carnegie Hero Delbert G. Blare

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Brevard County (Fla.) Commissioner Kristine Isnardi, left, holds a resolution in recognition of posthumous Carnegie Medal awardee Delbert G. Blare. Next to her, from left, is Carnegie Hero Fund volunteer …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Joshua Aaron Traylor and Ron Allen Elko

Joshua Aaron Traylor and Ron Allen Elko

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Mount Clemens (Mich.) Mayor Barb Dempsey, far left, holds up the Carnegie Medal during a Sept. 17 ceremony in which Carnegie heroes Joshua Aaron Traylor and Ron Allen Elko, right, …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Richard R. Krul

Carnegie Hero Richard R. Krul

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Airport Director Craig A. Williams, left, presents the Carnegie Medal to Carnegie Hero Richard R. Krul at the Bishop International Airport’s authority board meeting Sept. 25 held at the airport …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Jennifer E. Emo

Carnegie Hero Jennifer E. Emo

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Missouri state Trooper Joshua Hughes, St. Charles County (Mo.) Ambulance District paramedic Michael Buechner, Carnegie Hero Jennifer E. Emo, Hero Fund volunteer presenter Mark Petzel, St. Charles County Ambulance District …

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