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Citizen Honors – Austen Macmillan, 2024 Young Hero Honoree

Posted In: Video Library | March 26, 2024

Austen Macmillan is selected as the Young Hero Honoree for his act of heroism on September 4, 2023, when he pulled his behavioral therapist from a swimming pool and performed CPR after he attempted to show the boy how long he could hold his breath underwater.

Citizen Honors – Chris Stone, 2021 Valor Honoree

Chris Stone was selected for his extreme valor when he used his body as a human barricade on May 18, 2018 to keep a school shooter from entering a classroom, […]

Citizen Honors: Joseph Diener & Dominic Viet, 2022 Young Hero Award

Citizen Honors – Cody Runyon, 2020 Young Hero Honoree

Cody Runyon, of Rochester, MN, at thirteen-years-old, pulled an eleven-year-old fellow swimmer from the bottom of a pool after the younger boy had sunk and become unresponsive. Cody noticed the […]