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Belmont man awarded Carnegie Hero Medal for saving boy
A Belmont California man James William Livesay earned the Carnegie Hero Medal after he rushed onto a railroad crossing to pull a three year old boy from an approaching train. Livesay and the boy were saved though many heroes are nominated through newspaper clippings to the Carnegie Hero Fund in Pittsburgh.
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James William Livesay
Mr. Livesay
Belmont
California
Carnegie
Carnegie Hero Fund
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania