Overheard: Impulse 69
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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Carnegie Medal presentation to Kenneth Brian McCarter
Carnegie Hero Kenneth Brian McCarter (left) reunited with the woman he saved in a ceremony where she presented him with the Carnegie Medal. Carol S. DeLillo was working in her …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Jonathan Bauer
Berlin Mayor Zack Tyndall (left) presented Carnegie Hero awardee Jonathan Bauer of Ocean Pines, Maryland, with the Carnegie Medal at the mayor’s office on March 23, 2022. He was recognized …
Carnegie Medal presentation to family of John D. Colter
St. Louis County Councilman Tim Fitch (center) presents the Carnegie Medal to the family of John D. Colter during an April 26, 2022 St. Louis County Council meeting in which …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Sean P. Conaboy
From left, Hero Fund President Eric Zahren reads the back of the Carnegie Medal to Carnegie Hero Sean P. Conaboy while Dr. Pete Lambrou, Hero Fund commission member, looks on. …
Carnegie Medal presentation to family of Edgar F. Moreno
From left, the mother of posthumous Carnegie Medal recipient Edgar F. Moreno Alba proudly holds her son’s Carnegie Medal, which was presented to her by Hero Fund Communications Director Jewels …
Carnegie Medal presentation to family of D’Angelo Cordero Jenkins
U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman presents the Carnegie Medal posthumously awarded to D’Angelo Cordero Jenkins to his mother, Kysia Lewis, during a ceremony at Norman’s district office in Rock Hill, South …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Shane Morrison
Carnegie Hero Shane Morrison (left) shakes the hand of Hero Fund President Eric Zahren upon receiving the Carnegie Medal from Zahren at a Concord Township (Ohio) Board of Trustees meeting …
Friends remembered: Andre J. Ledbetter
Andre J. Ledbetter, 75, of Pahrump, Nevada, died Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at home. He was surrounded by family and his beloved dog. When he was 18, Ledbetter saved a …
Friends remembered: James Walter Polowy
James Walter Polowy, 74, of Long Grove, Illinois, died Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. In 1980, Polowy repeatedly dived into the Miami Canal in Hialeah, Florida, to save a 49-year-old woman …
Friends remembered: Randall ODell Williams
Randall ODell Williams, 58, of Saginaw, Michigan, died Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. In 1991, Williams, then 28, a newspaper delivery truck driver, was in a Saginaw neighborhood and saw a …
Friends remembered: R. A. Mills
R.A. Mills, 90, of Albany, Oregon, died on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. While on a cycling trip in 1988, Mills rescued a 74-year-old …
Friends remembered: Earl E. Cummins
Earl E. Cummins, 90, formerly of Fairhope, Pennsylvania, died Sunday, April 17, 2022. In 2004, Cummins saved a 76-year-old woman from burning after fire broke out in her Hyndman, Pennsylvania, …
Exceptional Graduates: Carnegie hero achieves dream of becoming veterinarian
In Spring 2021, Summer N. White earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Oklahoma State University. Ten years earlier, White acted on an impulse to attempt to save a …
Carnegie heroes appear on CBS’ 60 Minutes
The Hero Fund saw increased interest in the Carnegie Medal and its heroes in the months after CBS’ news magazine 60 Minutes aired a segment about Carnegie heroes in Fall …
Impulse 68: Board Notes
Here at the Hero Fund we enjoy the traditional classic Christmas move It’s A Wonderful Life as much as anyone. It’s a great movie, one of the best American movies. …
Granddaughter arranges marking of hero’s grave
The family of Carnegie Hero Fred Alsman, who saved a 1- and 2 year-old from their burning home in 1967, will place a Carnegie Hero grave marker on his headstone …
From the Archives: 40th Anniversary of the Rescue on the Potomac
On January 13, 1982, cold temperatures and snow plagued the Washington, D.C., area so much so that, by the afternoon, businesses and schools had closed for the day. The great …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Jean-Paul LaPierre
Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, left, along with Weymouth (Massachusetts) Mayor Robert Hedlund, presented the Carnegie Medal to Jean-Paul LaPierre, right, at a Nov. 3, 2021, ceremony held at Weymouth …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Hiedi Johnston
In a screenshot of a Nov. 16, 2021, board meeting, Hiedi Johnston, of Willow Creek, California, displays the Carnegie Medal for the Humboldt County supervisors, who recognized Johnston. Johnston helped …