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March 2017 edition of imPULSE

March 2017 edition of imPULSE

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

The March 2017 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 a review of the Commission’s …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Keoni Bowthorpe

Carnegie Medal presentation

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Keoni Bowthorpe, center, of Waialua, Hawaii, was awarded the Carnegie Medal by Hawaii’s governor, David Ige, right, at a ceremony in the state capitol in Honolulu in November 2016.  With …

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Blood brothers survive shark attack

blood brothers

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Colin W. Cook, left, was surfing in the Pacific Ocean off Haleiwa, Hawaii, on Oct. 9, 2015, when he was attacked by an 11-foot-long tiger shark, which severed his left …

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Keoni Bowthorpe

Keoni Bowthorpe

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Keoni Bowthorpe rescued Colin W. Cook from a shark attack, Haleiwa, Hawaii, October 9, 2015. Cook, 25, was surfing in the Pacific Ocean at a point about 600 feet from …

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