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A Century of Heroes: Week Fourteen

From: David Bear
Series: A Century of Heroes
Length: 07:45

Five 90-second programs, each recounting a remarkable act of everyday courage drawn from the Carnegie Hero Fund archives. Read the full description.

Default-piece-image-0 66. Stephen Jagusczak, Peter Smoley,- Pittsburgh, PA 1960- They died tring to save a co-worker. 67. Christopher B. Hall, James McDaniel, Kenneth A. Truitt- Dangerfield, TX 1980-Three men took on a gunman firing into a church congregation. 68. Robert Keane- Rome, NY; David Cirasuolo- New York Mills, NY 2001- They saved five people in a boat about to be swept over a spillway. 69. Daryl Elder-Titusville, FL; Jerald Bowman-Cocoa, FL 1997-They pulled a driver from a Florida canal. 70. Malcolm R. Aspeslet- Edmonton, Alberta 1971- rescued his co-worker from a grizzly bear.

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Piece Description

66. Stephen Jagusczak, Peter Smoley,- Pittsburgh, PA 1960- They died tring to save a co-worker. 67. Christopher B. Hall, James McDaniel, Kenneth A. Truitt- Dangerfield, TX 1980-Three men took on a gunman firing into a church congregation. 68. Robert Keane- Rome, NY; David Cirasuolo- New York Mills, NY 2001- They saved five people in a boat about to be swept over a spillway. 69. Daryl Elder-Titusville, FL; Jerald Bowman-Cocoa, FL 1997-They pulled a driver from a Florida canal. 70. Malcolm R. Aspeslet- Edmonton, Alberta 1971- rescued his co-worker from a grizzly bear.

Timing and Cues

Each segment runs about 90 seconds.

Related Website

http://www.wduq.org/centuryofheroes