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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

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Carnegie Medal presentations

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Posted on November 24, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Ryan Thomas Nelson, third from right, was named an awardee of the Carnegie Medal in June for pulling his good friend and college roommate, Matthew J. Heisler, from their burning …

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Carnegie Medal awardee attempts to save best friend

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Posted on August 25, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Not only were Ryan Thomas Nelson of Eagan, Minn., and Matthew J. Heisler of Lakeville, Minn., roommates at the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks, they were best friends …

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Medal presentation from one awardee to another

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

A Carnegie Medal presentation was held Aug. 16 in Eagan, Minn., in which Ryan Thomas Nelson received the award from Carnegie Medal awardee John P. Williams of LaCrosse, Wis., one of the …

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