A Colorado physician who was fatally shot while trying to help his neighbor after she was wounded in a domestic shooting is one of 19 people being honored with Carnegie medals for heroism. The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, based in Pittsburgh, announced the winners Monday. The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission was endowed and founded by the late steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who was inspired by stories of heroism during a coal mine disaster that killed 181 people, including a miner and an engineer, who died trying to rescue others. Three others honored Monday died in rescue attempts, including Sean C. Randles , 49, of Las Vegas. Green III , 29, of New York City; who saved a man from drowning in the East River in June 2016.

Source: ABC News June 19, 2017 03:56 UTC