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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

Category: Impulse Issue 69

‘Endurance:’ Carnegie Hero Fund officers look back at 2021

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

REPORT OF CHAIR “If there were a movie about the Hero Fund in 2020, I’d name it Resilience. If there were a sequel about 2021, I’d call it Endurance.” stated …

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Impulse 69: Board Notes

clues

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

A slight lull in the hectic life of your dedicated Board Notes essayist (that’s me) allowed me to retrieve from my inbox a special story that has been calling for …

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Hero’s granddaughter marks grave as a gift for mom

grave marker

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

The family of Walter R. Fuchs has received a grave marker from the Hero Fund to place on his headstone. The 3.75-inch medallion that is cast in the likeness of …

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From the archives: Female flight instructor responds to 1958 ’copter crash

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

In the early afternoon of Monday, April 28, 1958, 34-year-old John J. Ryan and his Powell Valley Electric Cooperative colleague, 49-year-old Davis L. McNiel, left Jonesville, Virginia, in a Bell …

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Overheard: Impulse 69

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

It was something that went through my soul. You don’t think about risk. — Vickie Tillman, Carnegie Medal awardee #10000 Scary, definitely scary. It was surreal. — Robin Ireland, Carnegie …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Kenneth Brian McCarter

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

Carnegie Hero Kenneth Brian McCarter (left) reunited with the woman he saved in a ceremony where she presented him with the Carnegie Medal. Carol S. DeLillo was working in her …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Jonathan Bauer

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

Berlin Mayor Zack Tyndall (left) presented Carnegie Hero awardee Jonathan Bauer of Ocean Pines, Maryland, with the Carnegie Medal at the mayor’s office on March 23, 2022. He was recognized …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to family of John D. Colter

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

St. Louis County Councilman Tim Fitch (center) presents the Carnegie Medal to the family of John D. Colter during an April 26, 2022 St. Louis County Council meeting in which …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Sean P. Conaboy

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

From left, Hero Fund President Eric Zahren reads the back of the Carnegie Medal to Carnegie Hero Sean P. Conaboy while Dr. Pete Lambrou, Hero Fund commission member, looks on. …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to family of Edgar F. Moreno

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

From left, the mother of posthumous Carnegie Medal recipient Edgar F. Moreno Alba proudly holds her son’s Carnegie Medal, which was presented to her by Hero Fund Communications Director Jewels …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to family of D’Angelo Cordero Jenkins

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman presents the Carnegie Medal posthumously awarded to D’Angelo Cordero Jenkins to his mother, Kysia Lewis, during a ceremony at Norman’s district office in Rock Hill, South …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Shane Morrison

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

Carnegie Hero Shane Morrison (left) shakes the hand of Hero Fund President Eric Zahren upon receiving the Carnegie Medal from Zahren at a Concord Township (Ohio) Board of Trustees meeting …

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Friends remembered: Andre J. Ledbetter

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

Andre J. Ledbetter, 75, of Pahrump, Nevada, died Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at home. He was surrounded by family and his beloved dog. When he was 18, Ledbetter saved a …

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Friends remembered: James Walter Polowy

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

James Walter Polowy, 74, of Long Grove, Illinois, died Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. In 1980, Polowy repeatedly dived into the Miami Canal in Hialeah, Florida, to save a 49-year-old woman …

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Friends remembered: Randall ODell Williams

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

Randall ODell Williams, 58, of Saginaw, Michigan, died Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. In 1991, Williams, then 28, a newspaper delivery truck driver, was in a Saginaw neighborhood and saw a …

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Friends remembered: R. A. Mills

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

R.A. Mills, 90, of Albany, Oregon, died on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. While on a cycling trip in 1988, Mills rescued a 74-year-old …

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Friends remembered: Earl E. Cummins

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

Earl E. Cummins, 90, formerly of Fairhope, Pennsylvania, died Sunday, April 17, 2022. In 2004, Cummins saved a 76-year-old woman from burning after fire broke out in her Hyndman, Pennsylvania, …

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