Orlando man rescues plane crash victims.On January 11, 2005, Brandon "Bosco" Cashen witnessed the crash of a small, single-engine plane on the Dubsdread Golf Course in Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. . The plane's pilot had tried to make an emergency landing on the course's 18th green, but crashed into a concrete electrical pole. The plane came to a rest suspended sus·pend v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pends v.tr. 1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: suspend a student from school. from the power lines, its right wing touching the ground. Risking a bad fall--or possible electrocution--Cashen climbed into the cockpit and freed the trapped survivors, Steve Schieber and Dan Lawlor, by cutting their safety belts with a pocket knife and lowering them to arriving rescuers below the plane. Mr. Lawlor died in surgery, but Schieber survived. Thanks to his decisive actions, Cashen was awarded a Carnegie Medal for Heroism Heroism See also Bravery. Achilles Greek hero without whom Troy could not have been taken. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad] Aeneas Trojan hero; legendary founder of Roman race. [Rom. Lit. by the Carnegie Hero Fund The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, also known as Carnegie Hero Fund, was established to recognize persons who perform extraordinary acts of heroism in civilian life in the United States and Canada, and to provide financial assistance for those disabled and the dependents of this past July. |
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