To be honest with you, I think that most people would have done this. – Lewis A. Medina, Carnegie Hero #10302
I wasn’t thinking about myself at all. I was thinking about saving the person that was in there. – Kenneth S. Andreen, Carnegie Hero #10317
I said, ‘Screw this,’ and I kicked in the door. I yelled for him and he kind of answered weakly from the bedroom. Had he not answered I’m not sure I would’ve gone in. – Alan H. Mackie, Carnegie Hero #10393
He saved a lot of lives. I have never encountered a person who engaged in such heroic actions and was so humble about it. – Colorado Springs Mayor speaking about Richard Fierro, Carnegie Hero #10451
He was unselfish and unafraid to actually jump on a guy who he saw having a gun. I’m just glad and grateful. It was truly a miracle. – Church pastor on Clarence McCallister, Carnegie Hero #10455, who tackled a gunman in church
I figured I better try. Nobody else was here with me. There’s no child that should die in a fire, ever. It didn’t happen today, and that’s a good thing. – John J. Stickovich, Carnegie Hero #10476
We still wouldn’t be here today if he hadn’t jumped in without hesitation and worked hard to break the glasses to get us out. I mean, it just means everything that he’s finally getting recognized. I know they put their lines on the line every day, but he went above and beyond. He saved a little girl, a dog, and didn’t give up until he saved me, and we’re here today because of him. – Woman who was saved by Dempsey Lavergne, Carnegie Hero #10497
Kind of surreal that we did that. We’re not firefighters. But I’m glad we did what we did because I truly believe if we didn’t, then the man would not be alive. – Justin Baird, Carnegie Hero #10506, who, with Aidan James Loughlin, Carnegie Hero #10505, removed a man from a burning building
I’m crying for that man. I don’t know what to say. He went to help my son and look what happened. He should be in God’s glory, that man. – Mother of man saved by Roland V. Hueston III, Carnegie Hero #10507, who died in the rescue
I think it’s one of the bravest acts I’ve ever seen. For an 18-year-old girl who is not big in stature to risk her life to save somebody else, she just showed that bravery comes in all shapes and sizes. – Police chief on the actions of Lilly Baker, Carnegie Hero #10523