Overheard: Impulse 70
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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Officer John Smith,
2019 Awardee
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Overheard: Impulse 67
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 …
2019 in review: 73 awards made, more than $786K dispersed in grants
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 …
Administrative assistant and spring intern join Carnegie Hero staff
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 …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Phillip H. DiLuca
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 …
Overheard: Impulse 59
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 …
Phillip H. DiLuca
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 …