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Mr. Kyle Dunn

Vancouver, British Columbia

Decorations for Bravery

  • Medal of Bravery

    Awarded on: 2001-01-24
    Invested on: 2001-06-22
    On December 21, 1998, Kyle Dunn pulled a woman from a submerged car that had plunged through the ice in Monte Lake, British Columbia. Mr. Dunn was driving down the highway with a friend when he noticed the taillight of the slowly-sinking vehicle. Seeing that local people were trying in vain to haul the car out of the four-metre hole, Mr. Dunn removed part of his clothing and swam through broken ice until he reached the vehicle. Numbed by the cold and forced to come up for air several times, he continued to dive under the ice surface until he was able to free the trapped driver through an open window. He then pulled her to the surface where others provided assistance until paramedics arrived. Regrettably, neither the victim nor her passenger survived the ordeal.