List of 25 latest recipients of Carnegie Hero medals

(AP) -- Winners of Carnegie Hero medals announced Wednesday: --Dinah Keturia McGee, 67, of Greeneville, Tennessee, died attempting to save her disabled sister from a fire in their home in July 2015.

News 12 Staff

Sep 28, 2016, 8:14 AM

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List of 25 latest recipients of Carnegie Hero medals
(AP) -- Winners of Carnegie Hero medals announced Wednesday:
--Dinah Keturia McGee, 67, of Greeneville, Tennessee, died attempting to save her disabled sister from a fire in their home in July 2015.
--Christian E. Euchenhofer, 47, of Greene, New York, who saved a pilot from a burning light-sport airplane that crashed in September 2014.
--Robert Seth Ludington, 49, and Jacob D. Kirinovic, 23, both of Hale, Michigan, and Kenya D. Betty, 38, of Hudson, Michigan, who saved a woman from burning after her home caught fire and exploded in Hale in August 2014.
--Bradley C. Runions, 58, and Adam Joe Martin, 32, of Hayward, Wisconsin, who saved a man from a house fire in July 2015.
--Brannon D. Heathman, 37, of Temecula, California, who helped rescued two women from an apartment fire in Oceanside, California, in December 2014.
--Mitchell Allan Williams, 28, of St. Pauls, North Carolina, who rescued an elderly man who was being attacked by dogs in June 2015.
--Justin Lee Greenwald, 17, of Calabasas, California, who rescued an 81-year-old man from a burning mobile home in November 2015.
--Keoni Bowthorpe, 33, of Haleiwa, Hawaii, who rescued a surfer from a tiger shark attack in October 2015.
--Jameson Bartscher, 30, of Aberdeen, South Dakota, and Todd D. Clausen, 44, of Sioux City, Iowa, who worked together to rescue two adults and an infant from a burning vehicle in Summit, South Dakota, in June 2015.
--Michael J. Manley Sr., 43, of Wilmington, Delaware, who drowned after helping rescue a man from a strong current off Virginia Beach, Virginia, in September 2015.
--Matthew R. Bartholomew, 44, of Midlothian, Virginia, who saved a driver whose car crashed into an icy pond in February 2015.
--Scott R. Williams, 50, of Berlin, Vermont, who disarmed a suspect charged with fatally shooting a social worker outside a state office building in Barre, Vermont in August 2015.
--Steven Michael Hill, 45, of Inkster, Michigan, who rescued a 1-year-old child strapped into a burning vehicle following a crash in Jacksonville, Florida, in November 2015.
--Kevin Scott Johnson II, 34, of Flat Gap, Kentucky, who drowned trying to save a woman whose mobile home was swept away in a flood in July 2015.
--Kenneth F. Smith, 48, of Milford, Delaware, who rescued a driver from a crashed and burning dump truck in Lincoln, Delaware in May 2014.
--Leyton Page, 16, Bogalusa, Louisiana, who helped save two boys from drowning after their boat capsized in Bush, Louisiana, in March 2015.
--Isbel Jimenez, 47, of Winters, Texas, who saved a woman from her burning home in Breckenridge, Texas, in September 2015.
--Patrick J. Hopkins IV, 26, of Newberry, Florida, who saved a woman from her burning home in Gainesville, Florida, in June 2015.
--Adrian Gallo, 34, and Joe L. Serrano, 36, both of Tucson, Arizona, who saved the driver of a crashed and burning pickup truck in May 2015.
--Christopher Chmielnicki, 34, of Henryville, Pennsylvania, who helped rescue a woman from a burning motorhome in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, in September 2015.
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