Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: April 8, 1999
• Invested on: December 03, 1999

Kieth Michael Heck, M.B.
Ron Heck, M.B.
Shelly Sandra Joan Radies, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

On August 22, 1998, Kieth and Ron Heck pulled Shelly Radies and her husband from the bottom of a farm well in Glidden, Saskatchewan. As Mrs. Radies' husband was cleaning a cistern, he was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes and collapsed into the water below. Mrs. Radies telephoned for help, then climbed down the narrow passage and held her husband's head above water. When her neighbours Kieth and Ron Heck arrived at the scene, Mrs. Radies had also lost consciousness. Although aware that the fumes in the enclosure created a grave risk to their own lives, they climbed down one after the other then struggled up the ladder with the limp bodies. Mrs. Radies recovered soon afterwards but sadly, her husband could not be revived.