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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Darren M. Smith

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

Hero Fund Commission members A.H. Burchfield III, left, and Dan D. Sandman, right, presented Carnegie Hero Darren M. Smith, center, with the Carnegie Medal Jan. 17, 2020, in Vero Beach, …

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Accident on 1914 film set spurs camera man to attempt rescue of actress

Camera man attempts rescue

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

It wasn’t supposed to be a dramatic scene. For a movie depicting gun smuggling at the U.S. border with Mexico, this sequence simply was to show a bandit’s daughter crossing …

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Exceptional Graduates: Carnegie Hero Fund scholar to pursue master’s degree in Christian counseling

Exceptional Graduates 61

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

Carnegie Hero Fund Scholar Hannah Radke, 22, will graduate this spring from Mount Vernon Nazarene University, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. “I can say with absolute certainty, that without the scholarships …

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Friends Remembered: Michael Robert Keyser

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

Michael Robert Keyser, 49, of Hesperia, Calif., died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, after he stopped to help a truck driver whose tractor-trailer overturned on Interstate 15. Keyser was killed in …

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Rescue at the swamp: birthday celebrations turn near-deadly

Swamp rescue

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

On May 1, 1962, the weather was overcast in Mason County, Wash. Will H. Simpson had just finished up work as a plywood machine operator around 4 p.m. It was …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 61

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

No action more heroic than that of doctors and nurses volunteering their services in the case of an epidemic. — 1904 Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Deed of Trust.

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Overheard: Impulse 61

overheard 61

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

I’m a big girl. I’m a strong woman. It didn’t matter at the time. — Vickie Tillman, Carnegie Medal awardee #10000, referencing bruises she sustained while helping rescue a police …

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Hero Fund response to COVID-19

March awardees

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted all of us across the globe, and the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission is no exception. First and foremost our concern is for the health …

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Children ensure mother’s memory lives on

Mother's memory lives on

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

In the Lake George region of New York, Jane M. Mason’s legacy lives on in her family’s stewardship of a thriving cottage-rental business and a memorial scholarship named for her …

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15:13 Dangerous low-head dam at site of 1987 rescue attempt to be removed

dangerous dam

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

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The enraged deer attack, investigated by H.W. Eyman

deer attack

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

Through a tubular frame gate Yates entered the deer pen intending to feed the white-tailed buck that occupied the space. The enclosure measured 40 feet by 55 feet and it …

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Board Notes: Carnegie Medals cannot be awarded without first a disaster

without disaster

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

When I speak or write about the Carnegie Hero Fund, I note how blessed we are to deal with the best of human nature, that is, the splendid altruism of …

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Overheard: Impulse 60

March awardees

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

When you see this little round face screaming, that’s something you just can’t leave. I don’t think there’s a human in the world that would not jump out and grab …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Jason P. Maxwell

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

Jason P. Maxwell, left, receives the Carnegie Medal from Hero Fund President Eric Zahren at a private ceremony held Dec. 14, 2019, at a restaurant in Tukwila, Wash. Maxwell, of …

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Carnegie Medal presentations to Carnegie Heroes Richard J. Gandolfo and Robert M. Hosey

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

In a Dec. 12, 2019, ceremony held at the Suffolk County (New York) police headquarters, Chief Stuart Cameron and Deputy Inspector David Regina presented Officer Richard J. Gandolfo with the Carnegie …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Mark Oscar Tuura

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

Burnaby (B.C.) firefighters honored their former colleague, Carnegie Hero Mark Oscar Tuura of New Westminster, B.C., at the department’s Nov. 2, 2019 Burnaby Firefighters Badge Ceremony and Retirees dinner. Pictured …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie heroes Sommer Marie King and Rebecka Blackburn

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

Carnegie heroes Sommer Marie King, left, and Rebecka Blackburn, right, pose with Mike Lake, member of the Canadian Parliament. Lake presented the award to the duo Dec. 15, 2019 at …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Jose L. Casanova

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

Jose L. Casanova received his Carnegie Medal Oct. 10, 2019, at his home in New Britain, Conn., through arrangements by the office of U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, who issued a …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Julie K. Callaghan

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

Carnegie Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, left, removes the Carnegie Medal from its case to show recipient, Carnegie Hero Julie K. Callaghan, of Chilliwack, B.C. Zahren presented the medal to …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Stephen Anthony Eberle

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, left, presents the Carnegie Medal to Stephen Anthony Eberle, center, in a private ceremony Oct. 25, 2019, at the Essex, Conn., Town Hall also attended by …

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