Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: June 25, 1998
• Invested on: May 10, 1999

On September 12, 1997, Robert Bradshaw rescued a man from a burning townhouse in Kingston Township, Ontario. Mr. Bradshaw was working in a courtyard when he was alerted to a fire across the street. He immediately rushed over and, unable to open the dead-bolted front door, he raced around the house and pried open the patio door. With his head wrapped in a damp blanket, he crawled up the stairs shouting and banging on the walls until the intense heat drove him outside. Alerted that someone remained on the upper floor, Mr. Bradshaw re-entered the unit and resumed his search through the choking smoke. At the sound of a closing door, he went back out and found a man clinging to a second-storey window. As he lowered the victim to the ground, the man told him that two teenagers remained trapped inside. Mr. Bradshaw went back in and searched for the youths until firefighters arrived.