The city of Yonkers, New York, recently honored two-time Carnegie Medal recipient John J. O’Neill Sr. with the dedication of a memorial plaque and the establishment of a scholarship bearing …
Although Michael O’Neill knew his father was a Carnegie hero, he didn’t know the details. That’s why, after seeing a rerun of the 60 Minutes story detailing the Hero Fund’s …
Six people in the Hero Fund’s history have been awarded the Carnegie Medal twice — for separate acts, often years apart — in which they risked their lives for another …
Carnegie Medal awardee Charles T. Carbonell, Sr., of Tampa, Fla., is one of only five recipients of the Carnegie Medal to have been awarded the medal twice, and that fact …
