Thanksgiving ice-storm rescue highlighted in ‘Bold Sea Stories’ collection
Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 17, 1958. The Old Man was at last headed home. His ordeal had begun a day earlier when a neighbor had worriedly told him, “The young fellow …
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Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 17, 1958. The Old Man was at last headed home. His ordeal had begun a day earlier when a neighbor had worriedly told him, “The young fellow …
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At an Oct. 28, 2020, lunch in Washington, Pennsylvania, Hero Fund President Eric Zahren presented Carnegie heroes Scott Ullom left, and Zachary A. McDowell, right, with the Carnegie Medal. Medics …
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Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown, right, on Oct. 21, 2020, presented deputy Zachary Salce, left, and Maddison Henslin with the Carnegie Medal for their Nov. 13, 2018, rescue of …
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Leaders in West Hants Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia honored one of their residents, Carnegie Hero Michael Douglas Barkhouse, left, at their Oct. 27, 2020, council meeting, where West Hants …
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St. Mary’s University police Chief David Ott, left, presents the Carnegie Medal to Sgt. Kenneth L. Hamilton, right, in a private, on-campus ceremony Oct. 1, 2020. Hamilton, 54, was off-duty …
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U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, right, recognized Ernest J. Tarsitano, of Galloway, New Jersey, for his heroism in helping save a man from a burning cabin in 2018. Van Drew, …
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Herbert A. Moran, 66, of Arnold, California, died Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto, California. When Moran was just 24 years old, he rescued 16-year-old Stacy …
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Gary F. Lamberty, 70, of Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. Nearly 30 years earlier, Lamberty was awarded the Carnegie Medal for helping save two individuals from a …
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Mark James Hoffman, 56, of Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, died Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, at Cedar Crest Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Hoffman was named a Carnegie hero in 2015 for helping …
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William S. Caswell, 84, of Austin, Kentucky, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, with his family at his side after a lengthy battle with cancer. In 1968, Caswell was awarded the …
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Yuen Kong Won, 84, of Roseville, California, died Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, due to complications from a stroke. In 2004 Won was awarded the Carnegie Medal for rescuing a 43-year-old …
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John William Oplinger, 72, of Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. Oplinger received the Carnegie Medal in 2006 for rescuing a 15-year-old boy …
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Charles E. Britt, 96, of Norfolk, Virginia, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, succumbing to injuries he received in a recent fall. In 1998 Britt was awarded the Carnegie Medal for …
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Ronald Lee McKeown, 75, of Belton, Missouri, died Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, surrounded by family at home. McKeown was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1966 for attempting to save fellow …
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The Hero Fund is to become the recognized agency, watching, applauding, and supporting where support is needed, heroic action wherever displayed and by whomever displayed — White or Black, Male …
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Is the Carnegie Hero Medal unconstitutional? Well, no, of course not, that’s preposterous. Yet at a time when Americans are focused on the Constitution and the Supreme Court, the question …
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Joe Delaney only wore number 37 for two seasons, but nobody else has worn it for the Kansas City Chiefs since he died attempting to rescue two children from drowning …
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Eight grandchildren and their families gathered Aug. 16, 2020, at the Canoe Cove, Prince Edward Island, gravesite of Carnegie Hero William McRae on the 100th anniversary of his sacrificial death …
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A Tennessee roadway received a state historical marker commemorating the heroic actions of Carnegie Hero Mary Frances Housley, who lived and is buried near to where the marker was erected. …
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A Souderton, Pennsylvania, fire department chief and president made a special house call this past August to deliver a Carnegie Medal lapel pin requested by Carnegie Hero Paul H. Stoudt, …