Judge perishes in Atlantic Ocean rescue
Mitchell L. McLean, 54, a chief district court judge from North Wilkesboro, N.C., died July 3, 2013 after attempting to save Maryanne Galway and others from drowning in the Atlantic …
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Teacher enters bloodied water in shark attack rescue
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High school teacher Richard Irvin Moore of Laguna Niguel, Calif., rescued Jana Lutteropp, 20, from a shark attack at Wailea, Hawaii, on August 14, 2013. Lutteropp was snorkeling in the …
K-9 olympians
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Connecticut State Trooper Nicholas P. Leary, an awardee of the Carnegie Medal, and his three-year-old K-9 partner Elvis apprehend criminals, locate missing persons, and serve as ambassadors to school groups …
Water rescues common in New Mexico?
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Steven L. Rogge was the 24th resident of the state of New Mexico to be awarded the Carnegie Medal. Rogge, 40 years old at the time of his heroic act, …
Neighbor returns favor in dog-attack rescue
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Mortgage banker John Nash Hale, 59, was up early on Jan. 14, 2013, so early it was still dark outside, and further, there was a heavy fog in his neighborhood …
Officers cited for 2010 fire rescue
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Officers Jason Ewing of the Clarkston, Wash., Police Department, center, and Dustin E. Hibbard of the Lewiston, Idaho, Police Department, right, received their Carnegie Medals from Lewiston Mayor Kevin Poole …
Two team up to rescue six in Hurricane Sandy
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Michael T. McDonnell and Dylan Patrick Smith teamed up to rescue six people from drowning on Oct. 29, 2012, the day that Hurricane Sandy struck the Northeast coast of the …
Hero honored twice for shark attack rescue
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Connor M. Bystrom, 24, of Holmes Beach, Fla., who was awarded the Carnegie Medal in June 2012, was cited for the same rescue when he was given the U.S. Coast …
Hurricane Sandy heroes awarded Carnegie medals
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Michael T. McDonnell, left, and Dylan Patrick Smith, right, teamed up to rescue six people from drowning on Oct. 29, 2012, the day that Hurricane Sandy struck the Northeast coast …
High school student saves boy in Yosemite National Park
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High school student Alec Justin Smith, 16, of San Jose, Calif., saved a boy from going over Vernal Fall in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on April 9 last year. A …
Private investigator comes to aid of police officer
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Thomas St. John Harding, 51, a private investigator from May Landing, N.J., rescued Steve J. Felice, 44, from an assault in Elmer, N.J., on April 8, 2011. Felice was attempting …
The grandfather they never knew made possible through Hero Fund
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A family journey culminated on July 8 of 2013 with the placing of one of the Hero Fund’s bronze grave markers on the headstone of the Rev. Ernest Newton, the …
North Carolina man dies in Atlantic Ocean rescue
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Jeffery Scott Dinkins, 41, a college student from Lewisville, N.C., died after helping to save a girl from drowning in the Atlantic Ocean at Myrtle Beach, S.C., on July 7, …
Mystery Solved
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In case you’ve ever wondered where missing socks go on laundry day, Carnegie Medal awardee Jason W. Thurston of Northport, Maine, has solved the mystery: They escape through the vent …
Hero’s grant donated
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State law and her employer’s policies kept Massachusetts State Trooper Allyson Powell, left, from accepting a financial grant from the Hero Fund, but she was free to donate it to …