Last state survival hero medals
Nominations of new cases numbered 859 during the year, and 93 cases were felt by the Committee to fall within the awarding requirements. Such is the import of the work of the Commission’s Executive Committee: to make certain that the medal is awarded to the most deserving of the hundreds of cases called to its attention each year. “ Such is the import of the Carnegie Medal,” he concluded.
“It may seem silly,” he wrote, “but I have always missed not being able to touch the medal.” Even so, surrendering it for the purpose was something of a sacrifice: Whitacre is a decorated veteran, with his Purple Heart the only other award displayed in his home, and the temporary absence of the medal “shall be the longest we have ever been apart.” The medal was encased in a block of Lucite (which was the Hero Fund’s practice at the time) and Whitacre wanted to break it free. Whitacre of Salinas, Calif., returned his medal to the Hero Fund’s office with a request for assistance in enhancing its presentation. In late 2016, 1973 Carnegie Hero William R. McDermand, who was rescued by Baugh from a burning midget race car in 2015. CBS Sunday Morning guest correspondent Scott Simon, left, of National Public Radio talks with Carnegie Medal recipient Andrew Baugh, right, of Mason City, Ill., and Chase W. Photo courtesy of Sue Whittaker photography. Stein and his brother run family farms in Ontario, where their teams compete in pulling competitions. One of 93 awardees of the Carnegie Medal in 2016, Stein was cited for saving a small girl from the path of a runaway team of ponies at an agricultural fair last July. Calvin Bradley Stein of Madoc, Ont., works his team of Belgian-breed work horses-Jerry and Jake-each of which weighs about 2,300 pounds.