Greek American, Frank Axiotes from Nebraska credited with saving a family from a fiery crash was recently awarded the Carnegie Medal the highest honor for a civilian in the USA.
Axiotes was presented with the medal by Nebraska Governor, Pete Rickets and the Nebraska State Police.
On September 25th 2022, Axiotes witnessed a three-vehicle-crash scene while driving on 1-81 in Lincoln he pushed over near the crash scene to help as the fire began to spread among the vehicles.
Axiotes pulled a nine-year-old boy out of the back of a Chevrolet to safety and then with the help of a passer-by broke the window to save the boy's sister, four people were transported to hospitals with only minor injuries.
Axiotes describes the horrific moments following the crash "Thank God they were all OK and we all walked away from the vehicle. It was no way I was going to walk away from that."
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