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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

Category: Impulse Issue 64

From the Archives: Explosion in the Nuclear Reactor Room

Explosion nuclear reactor

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

On Jan. 3, 1961, representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Combustion Engineering Company were notified of an emergency at the National Reactor Testing Station located 8 miles north …

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Carnegie Medal presentation at top of Squaw Peak impacts hero and victim

Carnegie Medal presentation at top of Squaw peak

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

Henry F.F. Grant has hiked to the rocky, 1,642-foot summit of Squaw Peak, just miles from his Great Barrington, Massachusetts, home dozens of times since he was 3. But the …

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Behind the Scenes: Shedding Light on the complicated case of Black Inventor Garrett Morgan

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

The rescues that occurred after the 1916 Cleveland Waterworks Tunnel Disaster required Hero Fund Investigator A.W. Crawford to parse even the minutest details to accurately determine the specific actions of …

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Carnegie Medal, $500 awarded one year after attempted rescue

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

Carnegie Hero Helmer M. Aakvik was awarded the Carnegie Medal in October 1959, along with $500 to be spent on “a  worthy purpose.” Carnegie Hero Fund records indicate that Aakvik’s …

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Impulse 64: Board Notes

clues

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

In this issue of Impulse, Editor Jewels Phraner takes you on a deep dive into the 1916 Cleveland Waterworks Tunnel Disaster which killed 21 and injured others. Phraner, a veteran …

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Grave marker is inset into 1971 hero’s headstone

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

Family members worked together to add a Carnegie Medal grave marker to the headstone of Carnegie Hero Raymond J. Grundler, who died while trying to save two men from suffocating …

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Thanksgiving ice-storm rescue highlighted in ‘Bold Sea Stories’ collection

Bold Sea Stories

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 17, 1958. The Old Man was at last headed home. His ordeal had begun a day earlier when a neighbor had worriedly told him, “The young fellow …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Scott Ullom and Zachary A. McDowell

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

At an Oct. 28, 2020, lunch in Washington, Pennsylvania, Hero Fund President Eric Zahren presented Carnegie heroes Scott Ullom left, and Zachary A. McDowell, right, with the Carnegie Medal. Medics …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Zachary Salce and Maddison Henslin

Zachary salce and Maddison Henslin

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown, right, on Oct. 21, 2020,  presented deputy Zachary Salce, left, and Maddison Henslin with the Carnegie Medal for their Nov. 13, 2018, rescue of …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Michael Douglas Barkhouse

Michael Douglas Barkhouse

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

Leaders in West Hants Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia honored one of their residents, Carnegie Hero Michael Douglas Barkhouse, left, at their Oct. 27, 2020, council meeting, where West Hants …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Kenneth L. Hamilton

Kenneth L. Hamilton

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

St. Mary’s University police Chief David Ott, left, presents the Carnegie Medal to Sgt. Kenneth L. Hamilton, right, in a private, on-campus ceremony Oct. 1, 2020. Hamilton, 54, was off-duty …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Ernest J. Tarsitano

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, right, recognized Ernest J. Tarsitano, of Galloway, New Jersey, for his heroism in helping save a man from a burning cabin in 2018. Van Drew, …

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Friends remembered: Herbert A. Moran

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

Herbert A. Moran, 66, of Arnold, California, died Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto, California. When Moran was just 24 years old, he rescued 16-year-old Stacy …

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Friends remembered: Gary F. Lamberty

Gary F. Lamberty

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

Gary F. Lamberty, 70, of Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. Nearly 30 years earlier, Lamberty was awarded the Carnegie Medal for helping save two individuals from a …

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Friends remembered: Mark James Hoffman

Mark James Hoffman

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

Mark James Hoffman, 56, of Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, died Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, at Cedar Crest Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Hoffman was named a Carnegie hero in 2015 for helping …

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Friends remembered: William S. Caswell

William S. Caswell

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

William S. Caswell, 84, of Austin, Kentucky, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, with his family at his side after a lengthy battle with cancer. In 1968, Caswell was awarded the …

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Friends remembered: Yuen Kong Won

Yuen Kong Won

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

Yuen Kong Won, 84, of Roseville, California, died Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, due to complications from a stroke. In 2004 Won was awarded the Carnegie Medal for rescuing a 43-year-old …

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Friends remembered: John William Oplinger

John William Oplinger

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

John William Oplinger, 72, of Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. Oplinger received the Carnegie Medal in 2006 for rescuing a 15-year-old boy …

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Friends remembered: Charles E. Britt

Charles E. Britt

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

Charles E. Britt, 96, of Norfolk, Virginia, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, succumbing to injuries he received in a recent fall. In 1998 Britt was awarded the Carnegie Medal for …

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Friends remembered: Ronald Lee McKeown

Ronald Lee McKeown

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

Ronald Lee McKeown, 75, of Belton, Missouri, died Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, surrounded by family at home. McKeown was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1966 for attempting to save fellow …

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