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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

Category: Impulse Issue 72

Hero’s rescue rings installed in southeastern Florida

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

Officials in Coral Springs, Florida, on Feb. 25, kicked off the installation of more than 70 rescue life rings near bodies of water in city parks in honor of Carnegie …

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A supreme sacrifice: Man won Carnegie Medal for selfless heroism

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

By Jimmy Tomlin/ The High Point Enterprise Dec. 3—HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA — A modest grave marker at Oakwood Cemetery tells the day that Don R. Kirkman died — July …

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Impulse 72: Board notes

Mark Laskow

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

Every Carnegie hero has earned the Carnegie Medal by making a choice that would define their life. Not an abstract decision, like “I like jazz music better than rock,” but …

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Overheard: Impulse 72

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

I’m happy that I was able to get him out. To this day, I sometimes think about what I could have done differently. You still wish you could have done …

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Friends Remembered: Charles S. Harris

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

Carnegie Hero Charles S. Harris, 81, died Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, at his home in Ooltewah, Tennessee. Harris was a renowned Civil War historian and author, specifically known for finding …

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Friends Remembered: Donna Cortese-Munday

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

Donna Cortese-Munday, 76, of Garineau, Quebec, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. She was the widow of Carnegie Hero Mario D. Cortese, and a beneficiary of the commission for 34 years. …

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Friends Remembered: Melvin G. Kauffman

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

Melvin G. Kauffman, 91, of Pulaski, Pennsylvania, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. Born Aug. 13, 1931, to Lewis A. and Florence Mayberry Kauffman, he lived his entire 91 years in …

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Friends Remembered: Louis R. Zabinski

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

Louis R. Zabinski, 90, of East Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania. Born Oct. 3, 1932, in East Vandergrift, he was …

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Friends Remembered: Michael D. Croft

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

Carnegie Hero Michael D. Croft, 77, of Cheektowaga, New York, died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022. Croft was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1986 after he rescued an 84-year-old man from …

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Friends Remembered: Joshua Stewart Wright

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

Carnegie Hero Joshua Stewart Wright, 42, of Dahlonega, Georgia, died Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Wright received the Carnegie Medal in 2018, after saving a 2-year-old girl from burning after the …

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From the Archives: Heroes risk falling to their deaths in cliffside rescue

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

On Feb. 25, 1963, off the coast of Grand Manan Island in Canada’s New Brunswick province, Floyd D. Jones and his brother were fishing in a 15-foot motorboat when the …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 72

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

“True heroes think not of reward. They are inspired and think only of their fellows endangered; never of themselves.” — Andrew Carnegie biography

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Scott Morin, Enmanuel Familia, Amy M. Waterman, Angela C. Consiglio, Steven Barnett, and Allen Noble Corson, Jr.

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Colin Cavada

Those honored at a formal, Jan. 13 ceremony honoring six Carnegie heroes stand proudly with the Carnegie Medal on stage at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts. Five police officers and …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Lewis A. Medina

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Colin Cavada

Kane County (Illinois) Sheriff Ron Hain, left, and Board Chair Corinne Pierog, right, pose with Carnegie Hero Lewis A. Medina during a Dec. 13, 2022, presentation at the Kane County …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Andrew Parent and Roger Combs

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Colin Cavada

  The Madison County Board of Supervisors and Chairman John Becker, standing, look on as Andrew Parent, left photo, receives the Carnegie Medal from his granddaughter, Emma Holt, and Roger …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Christopher Bryant Aboyte, Damien Castro, and Robert Michael Sherock

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Colin Cavada

Carnegie heroes Damien Castro, Christopher Bryant Aboyte, and Robert Michael Sherock pose with the Carnegie Medal at a Jan. 17, 2023, presentation at Los Angeles police headquarters. The three officers …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Kenneth S. Andreen

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Colin Cavada

From left, Hero Fund Director of Operations Melissa Brock and Commission member Lee Tilghman pose with Carsten Molt, Carnegie Hero Kenneth S. Andreen, and Hero Fund President Eric Zahren during …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Frank P. Axiotes

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Colin Cavada

Frank P. Axiotes receives the Carnegie Medal during a presentation held on November 21, 2022, at the state capitol in Lincoln, Nebraska. From left, Nebraska State Patrol Superintendent Col. John …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Brandon Bair

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Colin Cavada

Carnegie Hero Brandon Bair, left, receives Carnegie Medal from Carnegie Hero Fund Commission member Arthur Scully at a presentation in Rexburg, Idaho, on Nov. 21, 2022. Bair and his family …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Darnell J. Wilson

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Colin Cavada

  From left, Evangela Stanley, owner of People’s Choice Kitchen, Rochester, New York, Mayor, Malik Evans, and Carnegie Hero Darnell J. Wilson and his girlfriend, Damaris Marshall, pose for a …

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