Triad Area Nurse And Welder Awarded Carnegie Medals For Their Heroism by David Ford
6:27am Dec 29, 2020 Registered emergency room nurse Jeffrey Johnson (left), and welder Robert Lawson (right with daughter) will receive the Carnegie Medal for their heroism. Photos courtesy of Jeffrey Johnson and Robert Lawson.
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In 2019, two Triad men strangers traveling separately on Highway 52 in Winston-Salem left their cars and ran to the scene of a horrible accident. Working together, welder Robert Lawson and registered emergency room nurse Jeffrey Johnson pulled Susan Leonard to safety from her vehicle as it was engulfed in flames. Last week, both men were notified that they will receive the Carnegie Medal the highest honor for civilian heroism in the U.S. and Canada. Johnson spoke with WFDD’s David Ford.
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PANAMA CITY BEACH A Vernon man who died while rescuing a drowning child last year has posthumously received the nation s highest medal of honor for heroism by a civilian.
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced last week that Stacey Redmon, who was 48 years old at the time of the rescue, was named one of 17 recipients for the Carnegie Medal. The medal is awarded throughout the U.S. and Canada to individuals who enter mortal danger while saving or attempting to save the lives of others, the philanthropy website CarnegieHero.org states. I literally cried, said Alisha Redmon, who had been married to Stacey Redmon for 25 years before his death. I was so overjoyed that he got recognition for what he did. To be recognized nationally in such a high, prestigious award is the best Christmas gift ever.
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On Monday, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awarded editor Wendi Winters a Carnegie Medal for her efforts to stop the 2018 Capital Gazette shooting. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
ANNAPOLIS, MD A journalist killed in the 2018 Capital Gazette shooting earned a hero s honor Monday. The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission dedicated a Carnegie Medal in remembrance of Editor Wendi Winters.
The award recognizes civilians who risked their lives to save others. Winters was one of 17 people across the U.S. and Canada to earn the distinction this quarter.
When a gunman stormed the Capital Gazette newsroom on June 28, 2018, Winters tried to stop him. She grabbed a garbage can and a recycling bin, and charged at the shooter.
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Established is 1904, the Carnegie Hero Fund awards its gold medal to just a handful of top heroes in the U.S. and Canada each year. Now one is headed to Stokes County, the foundation said this week.
KING On July 11, 2019, welder Robert Lawson was headed home from work on Highway 52 when he suddenly noticed a car on fire in the southbound lane.
He reacted quickly, stopping his own vehicle and running to the wreck, which involved several cars and a tractor-trailer. He saw a woman in her 60s pinned inside the burning car screaming for help, but when he tried to open the door with the handle, it came off in his hand.