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7 Canadians win Carnegie heroism medals

FILE - In this March 25, 2015, file photo, Jon Meis of Renton, Wash., right, is presented by Medal of Honor recipient Medal of Honor recipient Patrick Brady, with a Citizen Service Before Self Honors during a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. On June 5, 2014, Meis disarmed and subdued a shooter on the campus of Seattle Pacific University. He is one of 24 people being honored with medals and cash from the Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Heroes Fund Commission. The commission's new honorees, will be formally announced Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File

PITTSBURGH – Seven Canadians are among two dozen people being honoured with the latest Carnegie medals for heroism.

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They include Adam James Tarnowski, 31, of Onoway, Alta., who helped rescue a 19-year-old man from a crashed and burning truck in Stony Plain, Alta., in July 2014.

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John W. Gallie, 28, of Toronto and Craig Alexander Morash, 43, of Goodwood, N.S., are recognized for rescuing several people from a burning home in Glace Bay, N.S., in May 2014.

Two Halifax residents, Stephen Ross, 57, and Keiren J. Tompkins, 59, are being honoured by the Carnegie commission for rescuing a man who fell through ice in Baddeck, N.S., in January 2014.

Patrick Smith, 44, of Pembroke, Ont., gets a medal for rescuing a man from drowning in the Ottawa River in July 2013.

The seventh Canadian on the list is Daniel Patrick Greene, 54, of Uxbridge, Ont., who rescued a man who fell through ice while driving an all-terrain vehicle on Buckhorn Lake in Trent Lakes, Ont., in January 2015.

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The medals are named for Pittsburgh steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who was inspired by stories of heroism during a coal mine disaster that killed 181 people, including a miner and an engineer who died trying to rescue others.

The commission investigates stories of heroism and awards medals and cash several times a year. It has given away $38 million to 9,845 awardees or their families since 1904.

With files from The Associated Press

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