Star of Courage

• Awarded on: May 12, 1980
• Invested on: September 26, 1980

Gordon Teeft rescued three passengers of a half-ton truck which fell into Lake Echo near Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, on 10 January 1979. The driver had lost control on a slippery road and the truck had broken through a guard rail and rolled down an embankment into the lake. She had helped her daughter and granddaughter out of a window before climbing on to the roof of the truck. When Mr. Teeft arrived on the scene, the current had carried the truck some distance from shore. He swam through icy water to the mother and child and helped them to safety. Then, returning for the driver, he brought her to shore moments before the truck sank in five metres of water.