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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

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Overheard: Impulse 70

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Colin Cavada

We saw the knife, and me and Marvin, wewent quick to take it right away — Jose L. Casanova, Carnegie Medal awardee #10089 I knew that with these old trailers, …

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Overheard: Impulse 67

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Abby Marie

For a guy like me — I was a drug addict living under a bridge for part of my 20s before I got my life back together — so for …

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2019 in review: 73 awards made, more than $786K dispersed in grants

2019 in review

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

2019 was a relatively quiet year for the Hero Fund compared to the previous year’s excitement of our 10,000th medal awarded. But 2019 was nonetheless a landmark year as the …

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Administrative assistant and spring intern join Carnegie Hero staff

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

The Hero Fund has two new hires this year including part-time administrative assistant Janet Thomas and spring intern Katherine Lewis, a 22-year-old Fairfax, Va., native who graduated from the University …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Phillip H. DiLuca

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, left, and Chair Mark Laskow, right, presented the Carnegie Medal to Phillip H. DiLuca at a private ceremony held Nov. 15, 2019, at the Allegheny …

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Overheard: Impulse 59

March awardees

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

It was just instinct. God led the way. — Vickie Tillman, Carnegie Medal awardee #10000 I thank God for allowing me to be in that position and not allowing me …

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Phillip H. DiLuca

Phillip H. DiLuca

Posted on September 22, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Off-duty Clinton Police Officer Phillip H. DiLuca, 24, entered a burning mobile home, searched until finding the home’s occupant, and guided him from the structure on June 13, 2017 in …

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