15 named as recipients of Carnegie Hero medals
Published: March 17, 2005
These are the 15 people who were named Carnegie Heroes by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission:
_Matthew Nickels of Dayton, Ohio, is honored for saving seven-year-old Kendall Hock from drowning on January 24th, 2004. Kendall broke through ice that was partially covering a water-filled gravel pit. Driving past the pit, Nickels called 9-1-1 before racing on the ice, where he broke through but was able to push Kendall out of the way. The 40-year-old rescuer was, himself, rescued by emergency crews. They both survived.
_Damion DeRobbio of Struthers, Ohio, is honored for helping to rescue six-year-old Mackenzie Palmer from burning in Pulaski, Pennsylvania, on April 22nd, 2004. Mackenzie was in a bedroom of her family’s one-story house after fire broke out. DeRobbio, a neighbor, was alerted to the fire and entered the home through a window. He crawled to Mackenzie’s bed and helped her out of the window. They both survived.
_Karl Vaartjes of Ontario, Canada, is honored for rescuing Deborah Fowler and Ryland Jacobs from an attacking dog in Mississauga, Ontario, on December Eighth, 2003. The 36-year-old Fowler and her four-year-old son, Ryland, were playing in the front yard of their house when a 45-pound pit bull and another dog approached and attacked them. The 43-year-old Vaartjes struggled with the dog long enough that Fowler and her son were able to run away. All three survived.
_Kevin James Crowley of Cardington, Ohio, is honored for saving Garrett Bowers and Lawrence Ashman from burning in Mount Vernon, Ohio, on January 17th, 2004. Garrett, 17, remained in the driver’s seat and Lawrence, 17, in the front passenger seat of a car that caught fire after a car accident. Crowley, 47, was a passenger in the other car involved in the accident. He dragged the two men from the burning car. All three survived.
_Frank L. Jackson, of Bethesda, Maryland, is honored for helping to save Pavel Hruban from drowning in Potomac, Maryland, on September 21st, 2003. Hruban, 24, entered the Potomac River in Mather Gorge to swim, despite the extremely turbulent water and was pulled downstream. Jackson, 19, was in a kayak when he saw Hruban struggling. He went downstream to help Hruban. He ended up overturning in his kayak but Hruban held on to it long enough to reach shore. They both survived.
_Frank L. Hubbard of Goldston, North Carolina, is honored for rescuing Terry Thompson from burning in Sanford, North Carolina, on March Eleventh, 2004. Thompson, 60, was unconscious in the driver’s seat of a pickup truck after it collided with a tractor-trailer at an intersection and caught on fire. Hubbard, 43, was the driver of the tractor-trailer. He dragged Thompson from the pickup and away from the wreckage. Both survived.
_Mark Richard Bradley of Braintree, Massachusetts, is honored for saving Catherine O’Connor from assault in Braintree, Massachusetts, on August 28th, 2003. O’Connor, 43, was stopped in her car in traffic on a highway off-ramp when two men approached her vehicle, got in and pointed a gun at her. Bradley, 31, saw what happened and used his car to push O’Connor’s car against a guardrail so it was stuck there. The assailants fled but were caught days later.
_Christopher Cranford, of Humble, Texas, is honored for rescuing a woman from a runaway automobile in Houston on November 14th, 2003. A 47-year-old woman was the passenger of an automobile being driven on a beltway when the car was struck by a tire from a tractor-trailer. The driver of the car was killed instantly, and the car continued out-of-control. Cranford, 18, was behind the car and saw the passenger struggling to gain control of the car. Cranford struck the back of her car and was able to bring both cars to a stop. The passenger was not injured.
_Ralph Sumner Junior of Kinston, North Carolina, is honored for helping rescue Gary Coombs from burning in Kinston, North Carolina, on Christmas Day, 2003. Coombs, 51, was unconscious on the floor of a bedroom after fire erupted in his mobile home. Sumner, 51, saw smoke coming from the building, entered the home and crawled through until he found Coombs and pulled him to the door, where others helped them both out. Coombs had severe burns and died five days later.
_Steve J. Sciortino of Colusa, California, is honored for saving Richard Delafuente from burning in Colusa, California, on November 19th, 2003. Delafuente, 35, lay semiconscious inside his car after a nighttime accident in which the vehicle overturned and caught fire. Sciortino, 51, called 9-1-1 and then ran to the car, where he pulled Delafuente out and to safety. Both men survived.
_James W. Rodin of Pismo Beach, California, and Alejandro J. Munoz of Fontana, California, are honored for rescuing Frances Coon from burning in San Lucas, California, on January 16th, 2004. Coon, 46, was the front-seat passenger in a sport utility vehicle that crashed and caught fire. Rodin, 41, and Munoz, 31, both passing motorists, removed her from the car. All three survived.
_Kevin R. Minehart of Columbus, Ohio, is honored for rescuing Mark and James Boyd from burning in Columbus on January 26th, 2004. Mark, 3, and his grandfather, Boyd, 64, lay unconscious in a ground-floor bedroom of their home after fire broke out. Minehart, 29, was driving by and saw the fire. He broke a window in the bedroom and went in the house. He carried the boy to the window and dragged Boyd to the window. All three survived.
_Robert L. Pryor of Ridgeley, West Virginia, and Howard R. Talbott of Bedford, Pennsylvania, are honored for attempting to save Deborah Whiteman from being struck by a moving vehicle in Wiley Ford, West Virginia, on January 14th, 2004. Whiteman, 50, was trapped inside her pickup truck, which overturned after an accident. Pryor, 66, and Talbott, 61, both passing motorists, stopped and worked to free the woman. As they worked, a truck approached in the same lane and Pryor shouted a warning. The truck struck the pickup, knocking it on its roof. Whiteman and Pryor had minor injuries and recovered. Talbott was seriously injured but survived.
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