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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

Category: Impulse Issue 63

Impulse 63: Board Notes

clues

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

Is the Carnegie Hero Medal unconstitutional? Well, no, of course not, that’s preposterous. Yet at a time when Americans are focused on the Constitution and the Supreme Court, the question …

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Retired police diver organizes permanent memorial to heroic KC Chiefs’ No. 37

Joe Delaney memorial

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

Joe Delaney only wore number 37 for two seasons, but nobody else has worn it for the Kansas City Chiefs since he died attempting to rescue two children from drowning …

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Family gathers for centennial anniversary of Carnegie hero’s death

MacRae family

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

Eight grandchildren and their families gathered Aug. 16, 2020, at the Canoe Cove, Prince Edward Island, gravesite of Carnegie Hero William McRae on the 100th anniversary of his sacrificial death …

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Roadway marker tells story of Carnegie hero

Roadway marker honors Carnegie hero

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

A Tennessee roadway received a state historical marker commemorating the heroic actions of Carnegie Hero Mary Frances Housley, who lived and is buried near to where the marker was erected. …

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Hand delivery fulfills 53-year-old request from Carnegie Hero

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

A Souderton, Pennsylvania, fire department chief and president made a special house call this past August to deliver a Carnegie Medal lapel pin requested by Carnegie Hero Paul H. Stoudt, …

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Hero Fund scholarships push student to follow filmmaking dream

Madeline Baker

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

Madeline Baker, 23, graduated from the University of Central Arkansas film program in spring 2020. Her interest in video production and editing piqued early in life. “At 8 years old, …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 63

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.  

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Overheard: Impulse 63

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

People say, ‘Oh, you saved a human life!’ There were other folks there. What prompted me to walk up to a burning car? I have no idea. I was happy …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Kenneth Alfred

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

On the one-year anniversary of his heroic act, Vista (California) City Council officials publicly congratulated Carnegie Hero Kenneth Alfred for the Hero Fund commendation during a virtual meeting. On Sept. …

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Friends remembered: Kenneth L. Gerondale

Kenneth L. Gerondale

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

Kenneth L. Gerondale, 91, of Anchorage, Alaska, died Friday, June 12, 2020. Nearly 70 years earlier, Gerondale was awarded the Carnegie Medal for saving the 24-year-old pilot of a jet-propelled …

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Friends remembered: Thomas L. Edgell

Thomas L. Edgell

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

Thomas L. Edgell, 73, of East Liverpool, Ohio died Monday, June 29, 2020 at the St. Mary’s Alzheimer’s Center. Edgell was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1980 after carrying a …

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Friends remembered: John M. Perritt, Jr.

John M. Perritt, Jr.

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

John M. Perritt, Jr., 69, of Fleming Island, Florida, died suddenly on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. In 1970, Perritt was awarded the Carnegie Medal for attempting to save a 19-year-old …

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Friends remembered: Clarence Q. Urbain

Clarence Q. Urbain

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

Clarence Q. Urbain, 95, of Epworth, Iowa, died Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, at Bethany Home in Dubuque, Iowa. In 1960, Urbain was named a Carnegie hero for helping to rescue …

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Friends remembered: Todd D. Clausen

Todd D. Clausen

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

Todd D. Clausen, 49, of Sioux City, Iowa, died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2020, after a three-year battle with stage-four pancreatic cancer. In 2016, Clausen was awarded the Carnegie Medal for …

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Friends remembered: Ronald Norman Grant

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

Ronald Norman Grant, 70, of Victoria, British Columbia, died Friday, July 31, 2020 in Ontario. Grant was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1965 for saving a 2-year-old girl from being …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Heroes Grant A. Goffinet and Brent D. Duncan

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

  Jasper (Indiana) Police officers Grant A. Goffinet, left, and Brent D. Duncan received the Carnegie Medal for saving a 33-year-old man from an overturned,burning sport utility vehicle in a …

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Friends remembered: Wallace Earl Clendenen

Wallace Earl Clendenen

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

Wallace Earl Clendenen, 98, of Knoxville, Tennessee, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. Clendenen was named a Carnegie hero in 1942 for saving a 20-year-old student from drowning in Tellico Plains, …

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From the Archives: 16-year-old girl saves elderly neighbor in 1965 Ontario building blaze

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

In the early morning of an overcast Nov. 9, 1965, B. Bedelia Faeder, 73, was asleep in her third-floor apartment on King Street in Brockville, Ontario. The stone and brick …

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