The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 75

“It is the fund that may be considered my pet … because no one ever suggested it. Its reception here was not universal at first, some critics thot I proposed …
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“It is the fund that may be considered my pet … because no one ever suggested it. Its reception here was not universal at first, some critics thot I proposed …
Posted on by Griffin Erdely
It was 1973. Peter S. Norman, a 42-year-old miner from New Denver, British Columbia, was working 0.9 miles underground, deep in a Silmonac mine. There in a tunnel, about 8 …
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I just really felt that little girl needed help. That was the main thing. It became apparent when she was flipped off the floatie that something needed to happen and …
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Hero Fund staff participated in the Pittsburgh-area speaker series at the Beth El Congregation of the South Hills Oct. 16. Hero Fund President Eric Zahren discussed how the Hero Fund …
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Robert H. Blasko, 91, of North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, died September 27, 2023, at his home. He was born April 3, 1932, in Bradenville, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Andrew …
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If we are open to it, a minor administrative detail can give insight into an important issue. Just such a detail nudged me into thinking more carefully just what it …
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A year in the making, season one of “Fear on Hold,” a new podcast by the Carnegie Hero Fund, has recently launched. Each short episode features a Carnegie hero who …
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Even after death, some Carnegie heroes are providing for others. Two scholarships have been created in the names of Jessica Lea Embry and Hugh Michael O’Neil. Embry, a 40-year-old fine …
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The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission is pleased to announce the election of two new members at its Sept.19 meeting. Lisa Sylvester is a veteran network news journalist and communications specialist. …
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Carnegie Hero Robert Cody Moore was presented with the Carnegie Medal during a Bellaire, Texas, city council meeting held Sept. 18, 2023, in Bellaire’s city hall. Moore was having dinner …
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Carnegie Hero Joseph P. Cockerill, center, receives the Carnegie Medal presented by Nebraska Lt. Gov. Joe Kelley, left, and Nebraska Sen. Beau Ballard at a ceremony held Sept. 11 at …
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U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith presented the Carnegie Medal to Carnegie Hero Rayna Michele Montgomery at a Sept. 6 ceremony held at the Virginia Motorsports Museum and Hall of Fame in …
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Carnegie Hero Kevin Conklin, 19, examines the Carnegie Medal with Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, right, while Conklin’s mother Qiang Conklin and stepfather Michael Shaughnessy look on. Hero Fund staff …
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Carnegie Hero Commission member Arthur M. Scully and Carnegie Hero Kortnie Balls pose for a photo after Scully presented the Carnegie Medal to Balls in an Aug. 2, 2023, private …