Something tells me to go, and I just go, and I’m happy that he’s alive. –Suzanne Fortin, Carnegie Hero #10319
I tried once to get in and get him and thought, there’s nobody else. Am I gonna live the rest of my life knowing I could’ve done something? – Paul Galotti, Carnegie Hero #10350
I don’t think my husband could’ve lived with himself if he didn’t try to save her. –Widow of Scott Kilburn, Carnegie Hero #10391
It all comes down to, in a time like that, when you find people at their most vulnerable state, it doesn’t take a whole lot to step in and try to do something. – Carnegie Hero #10478 Alec Christian Larson, who saved a mother and baby from a burning car.
You kind of forget about your dreams, but then this happened, and suddenly life has given me a chance to do whatever I can, to do this. –Carnegie Hero #10496 Josué Alfredo Contreras, who, after saving a couple from a burning building, decided to work toward becoming a professional fire fighter
The result of saving a human life, there’s nothing better than that at the end of the day. – Kendall Reyes, Carnegie Hero #10378
The first thing he wanted to do was check if someone was in there. He was just ready to jump over the edge, he’s not thinking, he’s just going. It’s primal. – Partner of Carnegie Hero #10526 Robert E. Chance
You’re putting yourself in danger, I guess, but wouldn’t you want someone to do that for you? – Carnegie Hero #10540 William Anthony Rubio