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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

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Heroes Among Us

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Griffin Erdely

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From the Archives: 40th Anniversary of the Rescue on the Potomac

Rescue on the Potomac

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Jewels Phraner

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 …

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Carnegie hero is ‘witness to history’ as rescuer of Air Florida crash survivors

witness to history

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Jewels Phraner

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 …

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Remembering the hero of 1982 plane crash in Potomac River

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Jewels Phraner

Melvin E.—“Gene”—Windsor, 74, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., died Aug. 24, 2014.  He was one of four men to be named awardees of the Carnegie Medal for their heroic actions in …

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