Canadians to be honoured with Carnegie Medals for their heroics
Published: September 23, 2004
Three Canadians, two of whom rescued people moments before near-certain death, will be given Carnegie Medals Thursday for their heroism.
Eric C. Bonnell, 58, of Italy Cross, N.S., saved 83-year-old Marguerite Naugler after her home caught fire on May 6, 2003. Bonnell, Naugler’s neighbour, fought through flames and dense smoke and led Naugler through a kitchen door as part of the ceiling collapsed.
Sheila Brown, 46, saved Heather Coward from burning on July 8, 2003, after Coward’s car crashed into the front yard of an Alison, Ont., residence and turned on its side. Brown, a homemaker, heard the crash and ran to the scene where she was able to reach through a window and free the 18-year-old from her seatbelt.
Brown then grabbed a step ladder from her garage and stood on it as she pulled Coward up through a side window, just before flames engulfed the car.
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie started a hero fund in 1904 after being inspired by rescue stories from a mine disaster that killed 181 people. Those awarded the bronze medal and $3,500 US are announced five times a year.
Since the fund was established, more than 8,800 people have received the medals and $27.1 million has been given in one-time grants, scholarship aid, death benefits and continuing assistance.
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