Zachary Coverdale, 17, was nominated for the award by Millcreek Township. The medal is North America's highest honor for ...

An Antiques Roadshow guest shared an inspiring tale about his grandfather, who was awarded the Carnegie Hero Medal in 1931 for saving a baby that had fallen into a well. The PBS series often ...

Gene Miller was 18 years old and working as a gas station attendant in Lumberton. An action-filled night there changed his life.

Giovanna Cabrera, 31, was one of the 18 recipients of the Carnegie Medal — which is awarded by the Carnegie Hero Fund to individuals who “enter extreme danger while saving or attempting to ...

A community hero was horned by at the White House this past week.Lincoln Police Sgt. Tu Tran was presented with the Medal of Valor by President Joe Biden and Th ...

Pontzer received the Carnegie Medal on Dec. 21 by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. “I’m honored,” Pontzer said, still expressing sorrow at being unable to save the second child.

“The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awards the Carnegie Medal for Heroism to individuals from throughout the United States and Canada who risk themselves to an extraordinary degree saving or ...

The discs are the Carnegie Hero Medals. Last week one of them—a silver one—was awarded to Edda Mussolini, able swimmer, rescuer of an unknown woman from drowning (TIME, Aug 17), young daughter ...

PHILLIPS, O. JACK Jack Phillips, 83, of Pine, CO passed away March 1, 2003 in Lakewood, CO. Jack received the Carnegie Hero Medal from the US Air Force for saving the lives of four airmen after ...

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