A teacher who suffered burns to his face and hands while saving a student set on fire at a Saskatoon high school has been awarded North America’s highest honour for civilian heroism.
Sean Hayes, a 33-year-old teacher at Evan Hardy Collegiate, was among 18 recipients to receive the U.S. Carnegie Medal for Heroism for his exceptional acts of bravery in 2024.
“All the men and women recognized today risked serious injury or death, or were killed, saving or attempting to save others in acts of extraordinary heroism,” the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced on March 24.
The incident centres on a 15-year-old girl who was set on fire by a classmate in the high school hallway on Sept. 5, 2024. The 14-year-old attacker splashed the victim with lighter fluid before igniting it, burning the victim’s hair, face, and torso….