A son went to extraordinary lengths to reunite his 93-year-old father with the Carnegie Medal he earned 58 years earlier. Harold Nickens, Sr., was 34 when he saved a 49-year-old …
Every year, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission distributes individually-struck, bronze medals to award recipients or their families with the hope that they will serve as a lasting reminder of the …
In your last Impulse, we discussed two Canadian fishermen who made a dramatic rescue in the turbulent December waters off Newfoundland. Now I’d like to take you to a stretch …
Before classes began at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, on May 21, 1998, between 100 and 200 students were milling about in the cafeteria, including 17-year-old student Jacob Russell …
I FOUND MY PLACE. When I walked through the doors here at Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, I KNEW. I started at the Carnegie Hero Fund as a temporary employee in …
Damion DeRobbio, 43, died on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at his home in Poland, Ohio. DeRobbio was born in Pittsburgh on March 29, 1979, to Philip Anthony and Margaret Caitlyn …
Charles Noland Pierceall, 89, of Washington, Illinois, died on Sunday, March 5, 2023. Pierceall was born to Carl and Martha Pierceall in Fancy Farm, Kentucky, on Nov. 24, 1933. Pierceall …
Joseph B. Coleman of Ashland, New Hampshire, died Monday, March 6, 2023. Coleman was born Sept. 10, 1928, in Providence, Rhode Island. He was the son of George V. and …
Carnegie Hero Rogene A. (Vartanian) McCorquodale, 79, of Santa Rosa, California, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. She was born March 2, 1944, in San Francisco to Jack and Lorraine Vartanian, …
“In this world we must learn not to lay up our treasures, but to enjoy them day by day as we travel the path we never return to. If …
Carnegie Hero Darby Bicking poses with Hero Fund Director of Operations Melissa Brock after Brock presented her the Carnegie Medal in a April 13 ceremony held at the Coatesville (Pennsylvania) …
