Hank Garvey Receives Carnegie Medal...

Nate Grace

Nate Grace

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Folks,

For those of you who have met and know Hank Garvey, he is perhaps one of the best and most humble people you will come across. While I know Hank would never make a post or start a thread about himself, I have no problem doing that for him. Some of you know that Hank pulled two guys out of a house in 2005 after a combustible explosion occurred. They were spraying a type of sealer in a cistern and the house filled with fumes and was then ignited by a gas water heater. Hank went into that hot and smoke-filled hole and pulled those two men out of the house. He did this without hesitation.

Hank was recently awarded the Carnegie Medal for that act, and I want to post up the URL with brief write-up so that you may read it and be proud to know Hank, even if you've never met him. Hank, your folks raised you well, and even though I never met your dad, I'm sure he'd be proud of you also.

Well done!

http://www.carnegiehero.org/awardees_recent.php#8

Best regards,
Nate Grace
 
First a disclaimer I don't Know Mr. Garvey, and have never met him.

Some would say that, if you put yourself in great danger to do a good deed, you are a Fool.

I would say, you are just doing the right thing. I'd also say, Mr. Garvey even if you don't want to hear it, you are a HERO, and I don't mean "Some wierd California Sanwich".

Glad you made it out of the pit.
 
No need to run this one by snopes. I've met Hank and his character and leadership earned my respect a long time ago. Hank, congratulations on the prestigious award.
 
I've never met you in person either Hank, but this affirms something I think I already knew.

Way to go bud, its well-earned.
 
Thanks Nate, that was some pretty heroic work on Hanks part and he deserves the recognition for sure.

Dave
 
I don't know Hank personally and have never met the man. I do recognize the name from this forum and feel like I "know" who he is.
As a firefighter I have been in a few burning buildings myself. When I first started a few years ago as part of my training I had to go through some controlled structure fires. Those are houses that the owner wants burned down for one reason or another. We start a fire in a room then a team goes in an puts it out. Start a fire, put it out...and so on to give each team the experience of working in a smokey, hot environment. When my turn to go in came around I finally understood what the word courage meant. It's when every fiber of your body tells you that you really don't want to do something, like go into a building that is on fire, even though you know the fires are relatively small, pallets for heat, hay for smoke , instructors inside monitoring conditions and there are backup teams if things get out of hand. Courage is the ability to put your fear aside and do what you have to do.

I'd have to say that what Hank did that day took an immeasureable amount of courage. I applaude Hank for putting his concerns aside and doing what had to be done. Well done !

Jeff Sweeny
 
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