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June 2016 edition of imPULSE

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Carnegie Hero Fund

The June 2016 edition of imPULSE, the Commission’s quarterly newsletter, can be read online. This issue includes resumes of the latest awardees’ heroic acts, as well as the announcement of the Commission’s new …

Carnegie Hero’s actions retold in centennial of catastrophic flooding

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Carnegie Hero Fund

In mid-July 1916, the remnants of two hurricanes collided over western North Carolina, inundating the mountain region and the western Piedmont with historic rainfall. The result was catastrophic. Landslides wiped …

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