Year
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Name(s)
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Section
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Incident
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1990
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Charles Gulebian
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Texas
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Rescued a woman who had been mugged and was being beaten with a metal bedframe, caught and wrestled with the assailant.
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1990
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Gordon Zinkowich
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Wisconsin
|
Rescued a woman who had jumped off a bridge in a suicide attempt.
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1992
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Jacob Odle, Jr.
|
Ontario
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Single-handedly rescued two of three fishermen caught in a storm at night who had been in the water for four hours. The third could not be located and perished.
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1993
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Dale Freiday
|
Missouri
|
Swam to a sinking van, opened the back door and rescued a 2-yr. old and father.
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1995
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Dwight Taylor
|
California-Nevada
|
On his water meter route, rescued a 6-year old from a dog attack by a German shepherd-pit bull mix and called paramedics.
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1995
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Richard Shenoskey
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Michigan
|
While hooking up a temporary water line, he noticed a 3-yr. old alone in a pick-up truck rolling down the incline of a driveway, jumped in and stopped it before it was hit by an approaching school bus.
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1995
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Mark Starling
|
Missouri
|
He was operating a backhoe to repair a 20” water main break, when he saw a co-worker loading shoring boards, etc. with his boom truck, dangerously close to an overhead power line. Trying to warn the co-worker, he couldn’t be heard over the construction noise and ran to the truck, touching it at the same time the boom cable came into contact with the high-voltage wire. He was struck down, knocking out his front teeth, burning his right hand & forearm and setting his feet on fire. As a result, he lost most of his right arm and a couple toes, but saved two lives.
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1996
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Richard Thorson
|
Wisconsin
|
While on his well rounds, Roger heard a police call on his scanner that was just used in the armed robbery of a local store. He spotted a vehicle matching the description in traffic. After reporting the license plate, he was asked to follow the van until the police arrived and apprehended the suspects.
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1996
|
James Waller
|
Southwest
|
Waller was en route to a late, after-midnight call when he smelled smoke and observed flames at a residence. He radioed an emergency call and then rescued a family from their burning house.
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1998
|
Paul Lyons
|
New England
|
A wildlife biologist for the Metropolitan District Commitssion, Lyons was assigned to work at the Quabbin Reservoir. On Dec. 9, 1997, a small plane plunged into its icy waters. A life was saved because of his quick action in locating and pulling an unconscious passenger from the water.
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1998
|
Leon Baker
|
Michigan
|
As he drove to a service call, he noticed a fire, reported it and rescued an elderlly resident.
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1999
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John O’Halloran
|
New England
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O’Halloran rescued the residents of a house that was leveled by a gas explosion.
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1999
|
Rodney Wilson
|
Pacific Northwest
|
Without a life jacket, Wilson dove into the frigid water of Coos Bay and swam to reach a 13-year old girl who had fallen into the water from a railroad bridge.
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2000
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Justin Curtis
|
New England
|
Rescued a 12-year old boy who fell through the ice in the Nashua River in NH.
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2000
|
John P. Ruehl
|
New Jersey
|
Apprehended an armed bank robber escaping on a bicycle.
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2000
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Tony Nobles
|
New Jersey
|
Seeing an approaching train, he picked up a 92-year old man from railroad tracks and carried him to safety.
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2002
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Miguel Diaz
|
Florida
|
Witnessing a vehicle lose control and skid into a canal, he jumped in and retrieved the driver with a co-worker before the vehicle sank.
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2002
|
Geoff Menta
|
California
|
Resusitated an infant who was not breathing while on the job in Lemon Grove, California.
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2004
|
Michael McCormick
Thomas Rose, Jr.
Mark Graff
James Malay, Jr.
Tamaine Roellich
Richard Skiles
Patrick Wiley
|
Wisconsin
|
When a co-worker was having a heart attack, they got help, performed CPR, etc. Note: This did not strictly follow the criteria, but the Heroism Committee felt that the team were heroes to the co-worker’s family and had saved his life with their quick thinking.
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2004
|
Pade Dam Municipal Water District
|
California
|
(The utility received the medallion encased in a lucite stand, and the 30 members of the utility received certificates.)
These employees assisted firefighters in a forest fire which impacted 100,000 residents of San Diego County.
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2005
|
Bill Moran
|
Washington
|
While repairing a water main one night, he smelled smoke, ran to a house and through a yard with a pitt bull, broke down a door and saved the resident from her smouldering home.
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2005
|
Rafael Figueroa
|
Florida
|
While carrying out emergency repairs due to Hurricane Wilma, he saved a co-worker from electrocution by kicking him from the electric field of a submerged meter box.
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2007
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Victor Ellis and Andy Farkas *
|
Chesapeake
|
The workers observed a man fall and lose consciousness in the road at a bus stop and arranged for traffic diversion and emergency services.
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2008
|
Brian Alexander and David LaMar
|
Indiana
|
The employees rescued two persons from a pickup truck which crashed into an 8-foot deep water main break excavation and submerged.
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2008
|
Bert Cheney, Mike Wilhelm and Tom Leonard
|
Washington
|
Two workers were saved after being trapped for 40 minutes in the basement of a booster station which was filling with water by the three employees who quickly found the right shut-off valves and broke down the door with a valve truck.
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2008
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Alvin A. Clark
|
Nebraska
|
Assisted a minor who had been assaulted.
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2008
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Richard T. Lien*
|
Wisconsin
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Was attacked by an intruder tampering with water tower; called 911 and subdued the subject.
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2008
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Eugene Klister
|
Wisconsin
|
A 10-year old boy was dragged into the rain-swollen Fox River. Klister was working nearby and rushed to the boy’s rescue to pull him back to shore.
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2009
|
Matthew Mulica
|
Rocky Mountain
|
Mulica was tubing in Clear Creak and saw a boy floating facedown in the water. He got the boy to shore, administered CPR and saved his life.
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2009
|
Terence Robinson
|
New York
|
While working at the site of a water main break, an accident occurred about ¼ mile away. Robinsin ran to the scene and pulled the driver from a burning car.
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2010
|
Mike Sousek and Sam Barlean
|
Nebraska
|
The two were working to dismantle a beaver dam when a co-worker was pulled into an overflow pipe. They obtained help and during rescue operations,kept his head above water, and saved him from being drawn into the pipe.
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2010
|
Hank Wallenkamp
|
Wisconsin
|
As Wallenkamp was driving to pick up repair parts for his utility, he came upon a serious accident. He blocked the road and turned on emergency flashers and assisted the injured passenger until the EMT’s arrived. He was commended by the emergency personnel for his professional job of preparing a splint and comforting the passenger.
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2018
|
City of Beaumont
|
Texas
|
City of Beaumont employees went above and beyond call of duty during Hurricane Harvey.
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