RONALD RUSSELL REHOBOTH FIREMAN RECEIVES CARNEGIE MEDAL

GOVENOR RUSSELL PETERSON DECORATES FIREMAN RONALD RUSSELL

A CARNEGIE HERO AWARD MEDAL

May your bravery be an inspiration to us all, said Perterson, as he presented the

Carnegie Hero Award Medal to Rehoboth Beach volunteer fireman Ronald Russell. During

an intermission at the concert of the Wilmington Concert Band which had drawn a capacity

crowd to the Beach Band Stand on Rehoboth Avenue and Boardwalk.

Fireman Russell received the medal in recognition of his part in rescuing Reinert

Roaldson, from the surf after he was washed overboard in a storm from an oil barge that

had blown ashore. Fireman Russell braved 20 foot waves and swam 225 feet to grab

the seaman and pull him to other rescuers on shore.

Another barge seaman was rescued after he went overboard and farther out to sea by

Coast Guard helicopter.

Russell is the 5611 person to receive the Caregie Medal since 1904.

Abstract: Wilmington Morning News, Monday, 7 September, 1970