Carnegie Medals Awarded To 22 In U.S., Canada For Acts Of Extraordinary Civilian Heroism

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 24, 2015 /CNW/ -- In its third award announcement of 2015, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission today named 22 individuals from throughout the United States and Canada as recipients of the Carnegie Medal.  The medal is awarded to those who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others.  Four of the awardees died in the performance of their heroic acts.

The heroes announced today bring to 60 the number of awards made to date in 2015 and to 9,797 the total number since the Pittsburgh-based Fund's inception in 1904.  Commission Chair Mark Laskow stated that each of the awardees or their survivors will also receive a financial grant.  Throughout the 111 years since the Fund was established by industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, $37.5 million has been given in one-time grants, scholarship aid, death benefits, and continuing assistance.  The awardees are:

Liane Heather Wood	Frankford, Ont.
Daniel Marvin Wood	Frankford, Ont.
Ronald LaRue, deceased	Mayfield, Ky.
Joel Kevin Kyle, Jr.	Tyrone, Pa.
Phillip Ashley Grigg	Phoenix, Ariz.
Gary A. Golding, Jr.	Redondo Beach, Calif.
Kevin Patrick Cotter	Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
Robert McNulty	Burbank, Calif.
William Ayotte	Churchill, Man.
Mark James Hoffman	Aristes, Pa.
Kory Kern Kocher	Waialua, Hawaii
Isaac G. Pinsonneault	Chatham, Ont.
Kirby Crump	West Jordan, Utah
Michael T. Landsberry, deceased	Reno, Nev.
Brian Wargo	Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Charles E. Wyant	New Bethlehem, Pa.
Karen Wessel, deceased	Arlington Heights, Ill.
Tou Hu Vang, deceased	Coon Rapids, Minn.
Kenphenyeehu Hawj	Ham Lake, Minn.
Gregorio V. Monge	San Bernardino, Calif.
Russell Allen Hill	Indianapolis, Ind.
Earl Heath Wickline	Londonderry, N.H.

Resumes of the acts can be found at http;//carnegiehero.org/awardees.  Fuller information on the Carnegie Medal and the history of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission can be found at www.carnegiehero.org.  Find us on Facebook:  facebook.com/carnegiehero.                           

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SOURCE Carnegie Hero Fund Commission