Carnegie Medal awardees June 19, 2017

CARNEGIE Hero Fund Commission recognizes 19 for acts of EXTRAORDINARY CIVILIAN HEROISM PITTSBURGH, Pa., June 19, 2017—In its second award announcement of 2017, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced today that 19 individuals are being given the Carnegie Medal in recognition of their acts of outstanding civilian heroism.  The medal is awarded t ... Read More

Zahren elected President and Secretary of Carnegie Hero Fund Commission

At the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission’s Annual Meeting, held on June 12, 2017, Eric P. Zahren was elected President and Secretary of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. Zahren, who has served as the Commission’s executive director since June 2016, joined the Hero Fund’s board in 2015. Zahren succeeds Walter F. Rutkowski, who retired at the end of Jun ... Read More

Robert Sunkel and Linda Nolan

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 intersection, collided with a tank truck.  Badly injured and trapped, she remained in the driver’s seat as the car caught fire.  The tank truck, which came to a stop about 10 feet away, was a ... Read More

Scott B. Keller

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 out in the kitchen, on the first floor, and filled that floor with dense smoke. On duty, Keller, 41, police officer of Tecumseh, Mich., responded to the scene, where he l ... Read More

Brian G. Bergkamp

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 that went over a low-head dam and overturned in the boil of water at its base.  She submerged repeatedly as she struggled to escape the turbulent water. Another kayaker in her par ... Read More