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Heroic act in PCN honored by Carnegie Foundation

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two Georgia men will be honored by the Carnegie Foundation after saving two people from drowning off Panama City Beach.

Tyler Feagun, of Dallas, Ga., and Dillon Humphries of Hiram, Ga. were on a sandbar halfway between the beach and Melvin Todd and Tatiana Nelthrope, who were pulled into deep water by a current on April 10, 2013. Feagun swam with Todd to shore. Humphries placed Nelthrope on his shoulders and swam toward shore. None of the victims or rescuers was injured, the Carnegie Foundation said.

Feagun and Humphries are among 22 people to be honored on Wednesday with medals and cash awards. The other 21 winners were from Alberta, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Florida, Ohio, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee and Texas. Four of them died while trying to save people from burning, drowning or assault.

The Carnegie Hero awards are named for Pittsburgh industrialist 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 grants several times a year. It has given away more than $36 million to nearly 10,000 awardees or their families since its inception in 1904. 


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