Friends Remembered: Michael D. Croft
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
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 …
From the Archives: Heroes risk falling to their deaths in cliffside rescue
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 …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 72
“True heroes think not of reward. They are inspired and think only of their fellows endangered; never of themselves.” — Andrew Carnegie biography
Carnegie Medal presentation to Scott Morin, Enmanuel Familia, Amy M. Waterman, Angela C. Consiglio, Steven Barnett, and Allen Noble Corson, Jr.
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 …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Lewis A. Medina
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 …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Andrew Parent and Roger Combs
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 …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Christopher Bryant Aboyte, Damien Castro, and Robert Michael Sherock
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 …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Kenneth S. Andreen
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 …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Frank P. Axiotes
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 …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Brandon Bair
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 …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Darnell J. Wilson
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 …
Carnegie Medal presentation in honor of Adam Layman Thomas
Greg Fischer, Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, right, presents the Carnegie Medal posthumously awarded to Adam Layman Thomas, to his daughter, Ayla Thomas, during a ceremony held in Thomas’s honor at …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Ross C. Johnson
Carnegie Hero Ross C. Johnson, left, poses with U.S. Rep. John Rutherford in his Jacksonville office after Rutherford presented Johnson with the Carnegie Medal Sept. 6, 2022. In May 2020, …
Local Carnegie hero scholarship fund gets boost this summer
This summer, nearly $33,000 was raised for a memorial scholarship in honor of Carnegie Hero Forrest L. Willey, leaving organizers hopeful about the future of the fund. On Oct. 5, 1966, …
Behind the Scenes: Hero Fund welcomes director of operations with passion, purpose, and proficiency
Melissa Wade came to the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in early September as the fund’s first-ever Director of Operations, bringing with her a wealth of non-profit experience. “I am thrilled …
Impulse 71: Board notes
It was 29 years ago that the late, great Tom Hilliard asked me to become a member of the Hero Fund Commission. I didn’t have a clear idea of what …
From the Archives: 50 years ago ambulance workers save steel workers from second, third explosions
Brown’s Island is a 2-mile-long island nestled in the waters of the Ohio River. Surrounded by the rolling hills of Weirton, West Virginia, this little crop of land was home …
Carnegie hero donates grant money to the dogs
By Roger Seibert / Oneida Dispatch Local tow truck owner Andrew Parent recently received a $5,500 grant from the Carnegie Hero Fund for a burning vehicle rescue that …
Friends Remembered: Bruce A. Baxter
Bruce A. Baxter, about 72, died Wednesday, June 22, 2022. In 2008, Baxter, then 58, rescued an elderly woman from burning in Petaluma, California. The 87-year-old woman was in the …