NORTHPORT ( AP) — A Maine man who rescued a neighbor from her burning home has been named one of this year’s Carnegie heroes.
Jason Thurston of Northport was named a Carnegie Medal recipient today for rescuing a 71-year-old neighbor in December 2010.
The award is given by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission to people who have risked their lives while saving or trying to save others. The 30-year-old Thurston went to his neighbor’s home after being alerted by her two granddaughters.
Carnegie medalists or their heirs receive financial grants from a fund. More than $33.9 million has been awarded to 9,516 honorees since the fund’s inception in 1904.
Steel baron Andrew Carnegie was inspired to start the fund after hearing rescue stories from a mine disaster that killed 181 people.
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