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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

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Overheard: Impulse 72

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

I’m happy that I was able to get him out. To this day, I sometimes think about what I could have done differently. You still wish you could have done …

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Overheard: Impulse 63

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

People say, ‘Oh, you saved a human life!’ There were other folks there. What prompted me to walk up to a burning car? I have no idea. I was happy …

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Overheard: Impulse 55

overheard 57

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

I said, “We gotta go,” grabbed her arm, and we dashed off.  —John Paul Hollyfield, Carnegie Medal awardee #9962, who saved a 6-year-old girl from being crushed by a falling …

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Andrew L. Melhado

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Andrew L. Melhado rescued Tahjae Robinson and attempted to rescue Nina T. Lewis from burning, Milton, Massachusetts, December 2, 2016. Tahjae, 17, Lewis, 24, and another man, 23, were trapped …

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