A Newfoundland woman who died while helping to save a nine-year-old girl in 2009 has been awarded the Carnegie heroism medal.
The medal is given throughout the United States and Canada to those who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others.
Tina Maryann Moores – the only Canadian on the list – saved Emily B. Ivany from drowning in Red Indian Lake, in central Newfoundland, on Aug. 15, 2009.
According to the Carnegie Commission while playing in the lake a strong current carried Emily about 40 metres offshore. Moores immediately swam out to Emily, grasped the girl and held her head above water.
But the 35-year old from Grand Falls-Windsor, N.L. then became distressed and was helped by her sister who eventually returned to shore with Emily. Moores, however, drowned before other rescuers could reach her.
Emily was treated for hypothermia and later recovered.
Andrew Carnegie founded the fund in 1904 and medal recipients are eligible to receive grants, scholarship aid and death benefits.
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