High school student saves boy in Yosemite National Park
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 …
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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 …