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Brian G. Bergkamp

Brian G. Bergkamp

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Brian G. Bergkamp died attempting to save Kristen L. Eck from drowning, Wichita, Kansas, July 9, 2016. On the high and fast-moving Arkansas River, Eck, 26, was in a kayak …

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Robbie Goering-Jensen

10,000th Carnegie Medal

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Robbie Goering-Jensen saved Gregory L. and Lula M. Damper from burning, Omaha, Nebraska, December 20, 2015. Gregory, 57, was in a wheelchair in the living room of his family’s one-story …

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Scott B. Keller

Scott B. Keller

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Scott B. Keller saved Yusuf Salem from burning, Dearborn Heights, Michigan, July 29, 2016. Yusuf, 7, was on the second floor of his family’s two-story townhouse after a fire broke …

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David Blauzvern, Gary J. Messina, and John J. Green III

David Blauzvern, Gary J. Messina, and John J. Green III

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

David Blauzvern, Gary J. Messina, and John J. Green III saved a man from drowning, New York City, New York, June 1, 2016. The man was bobbing in the East …

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Victor M. Ortiz

Victor M. Ortiz

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Victor M. Ortiz saved a man from being struck by a train, Secaucus, New Jersey, August 26, 2016. The man went to a point between the rails of a track …

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Dennis Joseph Michel

Dennis Joseph Michel

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Dennis Joseph Michel died assisting in an attempt to save Jacob B. Seeman from drowning, Camdenton, Missouri, August 1, 2016. Seeman, 40, jumped from a dock in the Niangua Arm …

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Stephanie Melinda Marino

Stephanie Melinda Marino

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Stephanie Melinda Marino saved Anthony H. Ortiz from being struck by a train, Manteca, California, June 8, 2016. Ortiz, 27, was the passenger in a sport utility vehicle that left …

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Robert Sunkel and Linda Nolan

Robert Sunkel and Linda Nolan

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

  Robert Sunkel and Linda Nolan rescued Cheryle D. Coons from burning, Vero Beach, Florida, March 23, 2016. Coons, 58, was the driver of a car that, at a rural …

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Brett Bailes, C. Fredric Holbeck, and Dennis Wilson

Brett Bailes, C. Fredric Holbeck, and Dennis Wilson

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Brett Bailes, C. Fredric Holbeck, and Dennis Wilson saved Nathaniel A. Wissink from burning, Omaha, Nebraska, February 26, 2016. Wissink, 28, was unconscious and trapped in the front passenger seat …

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Kenneth R. Atkinson

Kenneth R. Atkinson

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Kenneth R. Atkinson died rescuing Elizabeth L. Lyons from assault, Centennial, Colorado, April 4, 2016. Lyons, 44, was shot by her husband after she fled through the front door of …

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Sean C. Randles

Sean C. Randles

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Sean C. Randles died attempting to save Melanie L. Kushnir from falling, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 28, 2016. Kushnir, 42, was hiking down a sandstone mountain at Red Rock National …

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Florida officer Patrick J. Hopkins IV cited for house-fire rescue

hopkins

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Proud father and grandfather Patrick J. Hopkins III of Jacksonville, Fla., says this photo of his son showing his Carnegie Medal to his own son “looks like a scene from …

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Competing on ‘American Ninja Warrior,’ awardee uses medal to keep perspective

American Ninja Warrior

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

  When NBC producers asked Robin DeHaven—who was interviewing for a spot on the hit television show American Ninja Warrior — if he had ever been called a hero, he smiled. …

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Board notes: ‘Homestead question’ lingers, but is apart from Carnegie’s philanthropy

departing president

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission “So, you’re from Pittsburgh. What do you think about Andrew Carnegie and the Homestead Strike?” Andrew Carnegie created and endowed about 21 …

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Carnegie hero cited for making ‘positive impact’

positive impact

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

The American Association of Community Colleges honors outstanding community college alumni who have made a positive impact on their communities, the nation, and the world, and 1997 Carnegie Medal awardee …

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Carnegie hero is ‘witness to history’ as rescuer of Air Florida crash survivors

witness to history

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Thirty-five years after the dramatic rescue of survivors of a jet that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., one of the four men each awarded the Carnegie Medal …

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Latest Medal of Philanthropy awardees to be named in June

Medal of Philanthropy

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

The Carnegie Corporation of New York has announced that the ninth biennial awarding of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy will be held on Oct. 3, 2017, in New York.  Inaugurated …

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100 years later, posthumous awardee is still a hero in Seneca Falls, N.Y.

Seneca Falls

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

One hundred years ago in April, Antonio Varacalli gave his life while saving a woman from drowning in Seneca Falls, and the residents of this upstate New York town have …

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Heroes’ experiences surprise biologist studying heroism

heroism

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

By Alexis Chaine, Ph.D. National Center for Scientific Research Moulis, France It has been nearly a year since I embarked on a project to understand the biological basis of heroism …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Nathan Ryan Reynolds

Carnegie Medal presentation

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

All things “Carnegie” came together spring 2017 when Nathan Ryan Reynolds was presented his Carnegie Medal in Carnegie Hall on the campus of Pomona College, Claremont, Calif., by one of …

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