By Sybil P. Veeder, Chair, Executive Committee Carnegie Hero Fund Commission 2018 was an eventful year for the Commission. The organization awarded and celebrated its 10,000th Carnegie Medal for heroism, …
Carnegie Hero Justin William Schroepfer, a posthumous Carnegie Medal awardee, was honored on April 3, 2018, at U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy’s district office in Wausau, Wis. Schroepfer, a 24-year-old accountant from …
Justin William Schroepfer died attempting to save Kaylilyn S. Tansey and Abigail L. Sprinkle from drowning in Marquette, Mich., on June 11, 2016. Tansey and Sprinkle, both 22, were wading …
