Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Cites 18 for Extraordinary Acts of Civilian Heroism
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In its fourth and final award announcement of 2011, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission today named 18 individuals as recipients of the Carnegie Medal. The medal is given throughout the United States and Canada to those who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others.
The heroes announced today bring to 83 the number of awards made in 2011 and to 9,495 the total number of awards since the Pittsburgh-based Fund's inception in 1904. Commission President Mark Laskow stated that each of the awardees will also receive a financial grant. Throughout the 107 years since the Fund was established by industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, $33.9 million has been given in one-time grants, scholarship aid, death benefits, and continuing assistance.
Youngest of the awardees named today are three teenage boys from Okeechobee, Fla., who saved a woman from drowning in the Indian River at Fort Pierce, Fla., on Aug. 17, 2010. The boys fought a strong tidal current to effect the rescue in darkness. The awardees are:
Gerald A. LaMonica |
Dearborn Heights, Mich. |
John Conley |
Barrington, R.I. |
Richard Joseph Camp |
Long Beach, Calif. |
David Richmond Jones |
Glenwood Springs, Colo. |
William E. Longmore IV |
Adairsville, Ga. |
Travis James Mauldin |
Okeechobee, Fla. |
Cody Alan Beasley |
Okeechobee, Fla. |
Brandon M. Smith |
Okeechobee, Fla. |
Matthew Jason McCune |
Denver, Colo. |
Michael Austin Dudley |
Chester, Va. |
Dennis Fleming |
Mechanicsville, Md. |
Grady Terry Warhurst |
Upper Marlboro, Md. |
Frank Shane Ward |
Amarillo, Texas |
Ronald D. Curry |
Pacific Grove, Calif. |
Harold T. Leach |
Danville, Calif. |
Peter Boterenbrood |
Norton Shores, Mich. |
Darryl F. Starnes |
Mechanicsville, Va. |
Curtis W. Combs. Sr. |
Mechanicsville, Va. |
Resumes of the acts can be found at http://www.carnegiehero.org/awardees_recent.php. Fuller information on the Carnegie Medal and the history of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission can be found at www.carnegiehero.org.
Contact: Douglas R. Chambers
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SOURCE Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
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