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    • Latest Award Announcements
      • Award Announcement Archive
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      • Two-time Carnegie Medal recipients
    • Search Heroes
    • Resources for Heroes & Families
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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

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2018 in review: 71 awards made, more than $845,000 given in grants

2018 in review

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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, …

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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Jay Agli

Carnegie Hero Jay Agli

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty, left, hugs Jessica Vega, mother of the late Carnegie Hero Jay Agli, during the Nov. 19 presentation of Jay’s posthumously awarded Carnegie Medal in a ceremony at …

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Jay Agli

Jay Agli

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Jay Agli died attempting to save Kishana M. Rivera from drowning, Haddam, Connecticut, June 11, 2017. Rivera, 19, and a girl were struggling to swim back to a submerged sandbar …

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