Local heroes awarded highest honor after saving children from drowning.
Carnegie Hero Fund CommissionVictor Villanueva, 30, of New Braunfels and Casandra Joann Kendrick, 22, of Seguin,The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awards the Carnegie Medal to people in the United States and Canada who risked their lives to save others. It is considered North America's highest civilian honor for heroism.
On June 13, 2021, Villanueva took his three sons, aged 9, 6, and 5, on a fishing trip in nearby Seguin. The family settled onto a small island in the middle of the river, along with another group of people.In an attempt to help their brother, the two other boys swam out to him.Body of 22-year-old woman who saved 2 children from drowning found in Guadalupe River, reports say
Villanueva jumped into the water and passed his 9-year-old to a nearby woman who came to help from the other group. Kendrick and another woman swam to the other boys, caught in the current, and someone else used a raft.
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