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    • Latest Award Announcements
      • Award Announcement Archive
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      • Two-time Carnegie Medal recipients
    • Search Heroes
    • Resources for Heroes & Families
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      • Scholarship Form
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      • Update Contact Information
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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

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60 Minutes feature on Carnegie Heroes

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Jewels Phraner

On Nov. 7, 2021, CBS’ 60 Minutes aired a segment about Carnegie Heroes — focusing on three awardees: TerryAnn E. Thomas, Peter F. Pontzer, and David Michael McCartney, as well …

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Posted on October 28, 2021 by Jewels Phraner

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Brave of Heart Fund draws support from Carnegie Hero Fund Commission

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Jewels Phraner

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The Heroic Age

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Jewels Phraner

In June 2018, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission celebrated the awarding of the Carnegie Medal to its 10,000th and 10,001st heroes at a gala held in Pittsburgh. Carnegie heroes Vickie …

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Carnegie Medal presentation by Calif. Highway Patrol

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

By Susan Winlow, Features Editor Daily Republic, Fairfield, Calif. Perry Hookey relives the horrific morning of Jan. 10, 2013, every morning he drives to work as a paramedic at Medic …

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Great, great grandson uncovers ‘granddaddy’s’ grave stone — Ansel James

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Through a family research project, educator Phillip N. Frazier, 41, of Washington, D.C., learned that his great-great-grandfather Ansel James was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1945, when, on Feb. 16, …

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