A 19-year-old Hamilton man has been awarded a Carnegie Medal after rescuing a man from a burning tent at a homeless encampment.
Ezekiel (Zeke) Fox was among 18 award recipients in the latest cohort announced on June 22.
Fox was driving near Bayfront Park in Hamilton, Ont., on Jan. 5, 2025, when he noticed smoke and then saw a tent go up in flames and heard screaming.
A 17-year-old student at the time, Fox drove into a parking lot next to the park and got out to investigate, later pulling Shawn Goodwin, 53, from the tent, saving his life.
“It was kind of a fight or flight, you know, normal reaction, … and I just went in the tent and looked for a little bit to find Mr. Goodwin,” Fox told The Epoch Times….