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Recipients of the latest Carnegie Hero medals

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[December 23, 2008]  (AP)  Recipients of the Carnegie Hero medals, awarded Monday:

  • Michael J. Zimmerman, 53, of Morton, Ill., rescued Paul A. McCollar from a burning truck in Williamsfield, Ill., on Aug. 16, 2007.

  • Joshua James Lapp, 16, of Hesperia, Calif., helped to save Gloria Collins, 57, from a fire at her apartment in Sacramento, Calif., on July 14, 2007.

  • Jason Christopher Byrnes, 33, of North Syracuse, N.Y., and Peter James Benedict, 33, of Cicero, N.Y., saved Michael D. LaSala, Josiah S. Thompson and Sheralyn J. Wellman from drowning and tried to save Anna E. Wright in Ellisburg, N.Y., on July 15, 2007.

  • Jeffrey S. Peters Jr., 18, of Meadville, Pa., rescued Debra A. Knuth from a house fire in Meadville on Sept. 11, 2007.

  • James C. Carpenter, 28, of Gloversville, N.Y., saved Chelsea M. Palma, and Leanue Davis Jr., 46, of Fayetteville, N.C., rescued Jocelyn L. Palma during a fire in Gloversville on Nov. 8, 2007.

  • Clint J. Deniker, 35, of Grove City, Pa., saved Thomas B. Stevenson Sr. from a burning car after an accident in Grove City on April 4, 2008.

  • Walter Rosenthal, 58, of Toms Place, Calif., died trying to save James J. Juarez and John S. McAndrews after snow buried them in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., on April 6, 2006.

  • Shann Deon Day Sr., 36, of Fontana, Calif., died while trying to save Melvin M. Rabb from drowning in Long Beach, Calif., on Oct. 23, 2007.

  • Carlton Green, 40, of Milton-Freewater, Ore., saved Adam K. Catania from an apartment fire in Walla Walla, Wash., on July 16, 2007.

  • Kermit R. Kubitz, 60, of San Francisco, rescued Loren B. Schaller from an armed man who was assaulting her in San Francisco on May 19, 2007.

  • Claude Ancel Walker IV, 33, of Rocklin, Calif., saved John A. Crabtree from burning in his tank truck after an accident in Roseville, Calif., on Dec. 3, 2007.

  • Richard Anthony Tower, of 40, of Yreka, Calif., saved Dorothy M. Knudsen from drowning after a car accident in Horse Creek, Calif., on Sept. 19, 2007.

  • Fred Hunt Jr., 51, of Berwick, Maine, died helping to save Maureen A. Jennings from drowning, and Qemal Agaj, 65, of Tampa, Fla., helped to save her in Cocoa Beach, Fla., on Oct. 22, 2007.

  • Mark Andrew Sellers, 45, of Lancaster, Pa., saved Jordan R. Sweigart from a burning car in Lancaster on Nov. 17, 2007.

  • Hoip B. Swaby, 31, of Brockton, Mass., helped to save John P. Kanash and Kenneth H. Schofield from drowning in a tunnel in Fall River, Mass., on Oct. 19, 2007.

  • Merlin Harn, 40, of Menasha, Wis., saved a 3-year-old boy from being struck by a train in Menasha on Sept. 1, 2007.

[Associated Press]

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