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News
Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

Commission elects new chair, celebrates emeritus board members

Board Meeting

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Colin Cavada

After serving at the helm of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for the past 21 years, Chair Mark Laskow stepped down at the Hero Fund Commission’s annual meeting, held June …

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Families remain close decades after traumatic rescue

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Colin Cavada

It’s been nearly 20 years since the accident in which Carnegie heroes Terry R. Pease and Robert K. Barth rescued a woman and her 3-year-old daughter from a burning vehicle …

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Overheard: Impulse 70

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Colin Cavada

We saw the knife, and me and Marvin, wewent quick to take it right away — Jose L. Casanova, Carnegie Medal awardee #10089 I knew that with these old trailers, …

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Friends Remembered: Earl C. Moorman

Earl Moorman

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Colin Cavada

  Earl C. Moorman, 79, of Auburn, Illinois, died Saturday, March 30, 2019, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois. In 2015, Carnegie Hero Ashley Marie Aldridge pulled Moorman from …

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Friends Remembered: Brenda S. Maw

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Colin Cavada

Brenda S. Maw, 70, of Easley, South Carolina, died Saturday, March 5, 2022. In 1982, Maw received the Carnegie Medal for saving a police officer from being shot. Maw, at …

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Friends Remembered: Joseph W. Alderman

Joseph Alderman

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Colin Cavada

  Joseph W. Alderman, 90, of Winchester, Virginia, died Saturday, June 4, 2022, after an arduous battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. In 1966, Alderman, then a 35-year-old engineer-geologist, saved a 16-year-old …

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Friends Remembered: Kristian F. Falkenstein

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Colin Cavada

Kristian F. Falkenstein, 44, of Newtown, Pennsylvania, died Monday, June 27, 2022. In 2017, Falkenstein, then a 39-year-old university development officer, responded to a 32-year-old struggling in the Atlantic Ocean …

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Friends Remembered: Ryan B. Phillips

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Colin Cavada

  Ryan B. Phillips, 55, of St. Petersburg, Florida, died Wednesday, June 29, 2022. In 2011, Phillips, then a 43-year-old construction worker, saved his 3-year-old neighbor from burning in her …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 70

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Jewels Phraner

Let us pity those who haven’t ancestors of whom they can be proud, dukes or duchesses though they be. — An American Four-in-Hand in Britain, 1899

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From the Archives: 1922 hero enters burning building three times to save friend

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Colin Cavada

On the morning of March 2, 1922, an alarm sounded after a fire broke out in the basement of the T.A. Houston department store in Mercer, Pennsylvania. Responding to the …

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Medal presentation to Christopher Lee Taylor and Patrick J. Driscoll

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Colin Cavada

  Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, center, presents the Carnegie Medal to Christopher Lee Taylor, left, and Patrick J. Driscoll, right, during an Aug. 9, 2022, private luncheon at Coco’s Bistro in Dayton, Ohio. Though the two …

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Carnegie Medal presentation in honor of Kim A. McGrady

Kim A McGrady

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Colin Cavada

Lynn Deutsch, mayor of Dunwoody, Ga., far right, presents the posthumous Carnegie Medal to the family of Kim A. McGrady. From left, McGrady’s son Colton McGrady, daughter Kayleigh McGrady, and …

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Carnegie Medal presentation in honor of Ricky Lee Sneve

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Colin Cavada

From left, Hero Fund President Eric Zahren presented the posthumous Carnegie Medal for Ricky Lee Sneve to his mother, Nicole Eufers, and father, Chad Sneve, at a ceremony on July …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Marena L. Kouba

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Jewels Phraner

U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer, left, is pictured with Carnegie Hero Marena L. Kouba and Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, at her award presentation on July 22, 2022, at Fire Lake …

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Hero Fund President Eric P. Zahren elected Commission Chair, long-time head Mark Laskow elected Chair Emeritus

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Jewels Phraner

At its annual meeting on June 21, 2022, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission elected President Eric P. Zahren to serve as the Commission’s chair, effective immediately. Mr. Zahren, who will …

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‘Endurance:’ Carnegie Hero Fund officers look back at 2021

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

REPORT OF CHAIR “If there were a movie about the Hero Fund in 2020, I’d name it Resilience. If there were a sequel about 2021, I’d call it Endurance.” stated …

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Impulse 69: Board Notes

clues

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

A slight lull in the hectic life of your dedicated Board Notes essayist (that’s me) allowed me to retrieve from my inbox a special story that has been calling for …

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Hero’s granddaughter marks grave as a gift for mom

grave marker

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

The family of Walter R. Fuchs has received a grave marker from the Hero Fund to place on his headstone. The 3.75-inch medallion that is cast in the likeness of …

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From the archives: Female flight instructor responds to 1958 ’copter crash

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

In the early afternoon of Monday, April 28, 1958, 34-year-old John J. Ryan and his Powell Valley Electric Cooperative colleague, 49-year-old Davis L. McNiel, left Jonesville, Virginia, in a Bell …

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Overheard: Impulse 69

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Eli Lambiotte

It was something that went through my soul. You don’t think about risk. — Vickie Tillman, Carnegie Medal awardee #10000 Scary, definitely scary. It was surreal. — Robin Ireland, Carnegie …

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