Medal of Bravery
Awarded on: 2015-06-17
Invested on: 2016-03-04
Michael Robert Henderson, M.B.
Stephen Vandervelden, M.B.
Medal of Bravery
On April 20, 2013, Mike Henderson and Stephen Vandervelden rescued the driver of a vehicle that had overturned into a swollen creek near Christina Lake, British Columbia. The two men managed to force open the car door, cut the driver's seatbelt and pull the unconscious man up onto the car's undercarriage. They then went back into the submerged vehicle to ensure there was no one else in the car. The driver later regained consciousness and was brought up the steep embankment to a waiting ambulance.