Comox Man Among 17 Recognized By Carnegie Hero Fund

A Comox man is among 17 people recognized by Carnegie Hero Fund for saving others from peril.

Those recognized risked serious injury or death to save others, including Junyi Liu of Comox, who saved a woman from a burning car.

The car crashed into the pumps at the Comox Esso in May of last year. Liu, the gas station’s owner, leapt to action and managed to pull the woman from the burning car.

Liu received a Citizen Service Award from Mayor Nicole Minions and Fire Chief Gord Shreiner last summer - and now - the Carnegie Award.

The Carnegie Medal for Heroism also comes with a cash award of about $55-hundred US.

Among the others the fund recognized this week: a trained water rescuer who entered a capsized boat when other professional rescuers were unable, a recreational rock climber who ascended slick sandstone to save a badly injured BASE jumper in Utah, and a 40-year-old delivery driver who ran into a gunfight to drag a wounded police officer to safety.

Other rescuers this quarter include a college wrestler that pulled an attacking grizzly bear off his friend to then be attacked himself, a woman who put herself between another woman and four attacking pit bulls, and a man who rammed his tractor into a burning home to remove an unconscious woman inside.

The Carnegie Medal is given throughout the U.S. and Canada to those who enter extreme danger while saving or attempting to save the lives of others.

With this announcement, the Carnegie Medal has been awarded to 10,422 individuals since the inception of the Pittsburgh-based Fund in 1904.

For more information, visit Carnegie Hero Fund.