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From the Archives: 40th Anniversary of the Rescue on the Potomac
On January 13, 1982, cold temperatures and snow plagued the Washington, D.C., area so much so that, by the afternoon, businesses and schools had closed for the day. The great …
Carnegie hero is ‘witness to history’ as rescuer of Air Florida crash survivors
Thirty-five years after the dramatic rescue of survivors of a jet that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., one of the four men each awarded the Carnegie Medal …
2015 Carnegie Medal awardee latest to receive Coast Guard Gold Medal
In 2015, Terry Brown of Dallas, Ore., was awarded the Carnegie Medal for his actions of June 2, 2014, by which he helped to save a teenage boy from drowning …