June 24, noon at Lovers Point in #PacificGrove: #CarnegieHero Award presentation to honor 3 of the #GoodSamaritans who are part of Steve Bruemmer's #SharkAttack story—#paddleboarders Paul Bandy and Aimee Johns, and #surf instructor Heath Braddock.
Free. BYO picnic lunch; cake will be served.

Steve Bruemmer to Sara Rubin of #MontereyCountyWeekly: "I don’t have #biking, #running or #OceanSwimming, but I’m living my life again. Maybe I’ll be able to ride a #bike again, maybe I’ll be able to walk without fear of falling....I’m really disappointed if this is permanent, but I can live a fabulous life." https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/people/face_to_face/a-year-after-he-was-bitten-by-a-shark-steve-bruemmer-continues-recovering--/article_d3fbaf7e-1075-11ee-aeda-dfe8aaeb0d81.html

#shark #sharks

#VeloClubMonterey #cyclists #WednesdayNightLaundryRunners #runners #KelpCrawlers #OceanSwimmers
#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty

“I think society has so much fear of everything – a fear of getting hurt, fear of getting sued, fear of this and fear of that – they don’t put themselves out there to help others," #CarnegieHero Emilyn Golden said. "I hope it encourages and inspires other people to do so.”

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/west-van-mom-honoured-as-hero-with-carnegie-medal-for-bravery-6774058?fbclid=IwAR1ucJ3lc_36h0bKtgfqMLRTl7OD5ZUsTe38mFhYX2WF21_z5jGPL7d8TbQ

#CarnegieHero James W. Musgrove, Jr., saved fellow church members from a gunman who killed three in a parish hall in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, on June 16, 2022.

https://www.wbrc.com/2023/03/29/exclusive-man-who-took-down-shooter-st-stephens-episcopal-recounts-incident/

Today, the #CarnegieHero Fund Commission announces recognition of 15 more people for life-risking acts of heroism. Of the 15, 14 are Americans and one is a Canadian. Four of the heroes will be posthumous recipients of the Carnegie Medal.

#hero #rescue
https://www.carnegiehero.org/heroes/latest-award-announcements/

Excited to share that the #CarnegieHero Fund Commission has a new podcast series, "Fear on Hold," that will debut later this year.

The series will tell the stories of some recent rescuers who, in risking their safety, received the Carnegie Medal.

Anthony R. Perry rescued a man from electrocution, Chicago, Illinois, June 5, 2022.

#CarnegieHero #rescue #GoodSamaritan
https://www.carnegiehero.org/hero-search/anthony-r-perry/

#CarnegieHero Anthony Perry recently appeared on the "Dr. Phil" show to discuss his June 5, 2022, rescue of a man being electrocuted on a commuter-train track in Chicago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ZxeKTTjBE

"60 Minutes" profiled the #CarnegieHero Fund Commission, which investigates life-risking rescues in the United States and Canada and awards the Carnegie Medal, as well as financial assistance for seriously injured heroes or dependents of heroes who die as a result of their actions.

#Rescue #GoodSamaritan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d313E4JrsCw

"60 Minutes" is planning to re-air its profile of the #CarnegieHero Fund Commission this evening. The Commission, a private foundation, investigates life-risking rescues in the United States and Canada and awards the Carnegie Medal, as well as financial assistance for seriously injured heroes or dependents of heroes who die as a result of their actions.

#Rescue #GoodSamaritan

https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and-stations/shows/60-minutes/releases/?view=101644-listings-for-60-minutes-presents-stories-that-inspire-on-jan-22

One year ago today in Louisville, Ky., Adam Layman Thomas died attempting to save a woman from drowning in the Ohio River.

#CarnegieHero #rescue #GoodSamaritan

https://www.carnegiehero.org/hero-search/adam-layman-thomas/

In a special ceremony in Worcester, Mass., today, six Carnegie Medals were presented. Five of the medals went to police officers - one awarded posthumously - for a water-rescue case in June 2021.

The sixth medal was for a man who intervened in what turned out to be a fatal stabbing of a woman at a Worchester restaurant in July 2019.

#CarnegieHero #rescue
https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/worcester/2023/01/13/worcester-police-officers-manny-familia-honored-with-carnegie-awards/69803472007/

Paul W. Bandy, his wife, Aimee Johns, and Heath Braddock are receiving #CarnegieHero medals for rescuing a man after a shark attack in Pacific Grove, California, on June 22, 2022.

#Rescue #GoodSamaritan

https://www.ksbw.com/article/group-who-saved-pacific-grove-shark-attack-victim-honored-with-carnegie-medal/42356675

Chad Ammerman is receiving a #CarnegieHero medal for helping to save a man from drowning in Little Egg Harbor in New Jersey.

“I’m just grateful I could be in the right place at the right time that day to help,” Ammerman said.

#rescue #GoodSamaritan

https://www.nj.com/news/2022/12/nj-corrections-officer-receives-award-for-rescuing-elderly-boater-while-off-duty.html

On February 7, 2019, Ralph Leo Joyce saved John K. Parsons from falling off a cliff in Lark Harbour, #Newfoundland and #Labrador.

This week, the #CarnegieHero Fund announced Mr. Joyce is one of 16 people who will receive the Carnegie Medal for their heroism.

#Canada

https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/lark-harbour-man-awarded-carnegie-medal-for-extraordinary-heroism-in-saving-another-mans-life-in-2019-100808182/

In June, Anthony Perry rescued a man who was being shocked while touching the energized "third rail" of a CTA track in Chicago.

#CarnegieHero #rescue #GoodSamaritan

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-man-receives-carnegie-medal-for-act-of-heroism

Joseph Diener and Dominic Viet, both 15 at the time, saved an 18-year-old woman from drowning amid floodwater flowing over a basketball court in Columbia, Mo.

#CarnegieHero #rescue #GoodSamaritan

https://www.komu.com/news/midmissourinews/two-columbia-boy-scouts-will-receive-the-carnegie-medal-for-extraordinary-heroism/article_a8f8f01a-7fd0-11ed-b81c-2386b69a2766.html

Today, the #CarnegieHero Fund is announcing that 14 Americans and two Canadians are being recognized with a medal for life-risking heroism.

One recipient, a 17-year-old boy from Sunrise, Florida, is being recognized posthumously, as he suffered a neck injury and drowned attempting to save a man whose vehicle went into a dimly lit pond at night.

The link carries to a page with links summarizing what each hero did.

#rescue #GoodSamaritan

https://www.carnegiehero.org/awardee_pr/16-individuals-to-receive-carnegie-medal-for-acts-of-extraordinary-heroism-2/

On the Hero Fund's link, you can listen to the 911 call Lewis A. Medina made as he rescued the man. He remained on the line with a dispatcher during the rescue.

#CarnegieHero #rescue #GoodSamaritan

https://www.carnegiehero.org/lewis-a-medina/

Earlier this week, officials in Kane County, Illinois, presented Lewis A. Medina with his Carnegie Medal for saving a man from being struck by a train in Aurora on October 9, 2021.

#CarnegieHero #rescue #GoodSamaritan

https://kanecountyconnects.com/article/KaneCountyGovernment-CarnegieHeroAward

https://www.carnegiehero.org/hero-search/jerome-michael-holland/

#CarnegieHero #rescue