08/25/2026
In 2016, 12-year-old Sanford Harling III escaped a burning duplex in Norristown, Pennsylvania. When he realized his father, who had mobility issues, was still inside, Sanford went back into the burning home to try to save him. His father ultimately escaped through a second-story window, but Sanford never made it back out. He was later posthumously awarded the Carnegie Medal for his extraordinary heroism.
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