Maura Rosengren, left, accepts the Carnegie Medal posthumously awarded to her husband, Peter Rosengren, from Corinne Pierog, chairperson of the Kane County, Illinois, Board on July 12, 2022, at a …
Lenny and Kristi Gravois, parents of Layne Paul Gravois, hold his Carnegie Medal as the young hero’s siblings, Addison and Collin, look on during a ceremony at the Bayou Country …
From left, U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, on June 29, 2022, presents the Carnegie Medal to heroes Justin Leland Perry and Jason Hadfield for their role in the July 25, 2020, …
Although more than 1,000 miles and nearly 100 years apart, the graves of two more Carnegie heroes were marked this past Independence Day weekend (2022) with a bronze medallion honoring …
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with larger-than-life tales of heroism and adventure. I read The Iliad and The Odyssey as a teenager and dreamt of …
And so it goes …There are big changes underway at the Hero Fund. “Good governance,” complete with all associated “best practices,” has caught up with us. In June I completed …
After serving at the helm of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for the past 21 years, Chair Mark Laskow stepped down at the Hero Fund Commission’s annual meeting, held June …
It’s been nearly 20 years since the accident in which Carnegie heroes Terry R. Pease and Robert K. Barth rescued a woman and her 3-year-old daughter from a burning vehicle …
We saw the knife, and me and Marvin, wewent quick to take it right away — Jose L. Casanova, Carnegie Medal awardee #10089 I knew that with these old trailers, …
Earl C. Moorman, 79, of Auburn, Illinois, died Saturday, March 30, 2019, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois. In 2015, Carnegie Hero Ashley Marie Aldridge pulled Moorman from …
Brenda S. Maw, 70, of Easley, South Carolina, died Saturday, March 5, 2022. In 1982, Maw received the Carnegie Medal for saving a police officer from being shot. Maw, at …
Joseph W. Alderman, 90, of Winchester, Virginia, died Saturday, June 4, 2022, after an arduous battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. In 1966, Alderman, then a 35-year-old engineer-geologist, saved a 16-year-old …
Kristian F. Falkenstein, 44, of Newtown, Pennsylvania, died Monday, June 27, 2022. In 2017, Falkenstein, then a 39-year-old university development officer, responded to a 32-year-old struggling in the Atlantic Ocean …
Ryan B. Phillips, 55, of St. Petersburg, Florida, died Wednesday, June 29, 2022. In 2011, Phillips, then a 43-year-old construction worker, saved his 3-year-old neighbor from burning in her …
Let us pity those who haven’t ancestors of whom they can be proud, dukes or duchesses though they be. — An American Four-in-Hand in Britain, 1899
On the morning of March 2, 1922, an alarm sounded after a fire broke out in the basement of the T.A. Houston department store in Mercer, Pennsylvania. Responding to the …
Lynn Deutsch, mayor of Dunwoody, Ga., far right, presents the posthumous Carnegie Medal to the family of Kim A. McGrady. From left, McGrady’s son Colton McGrady, daughter Kayleigh McGrady, and …
From left, Hero Fund President Eric Zahren presented the posthumous Carnegie Medal for Ricky Lee Sneve to his mother, Nicole Eufers, and father, Chad Sneve, at a ceremony on July …
U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer, left, is pictured with Carnegie Hero Marena L. Kouba and Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, at her award presentation on July 22, 2022, at Fire Lake …
