Medal of Bravery
Awarded on: 2005-11-24
Invested on: 2006-10-13
Geneviève Caron, M.B.
Medal of Bravery
On July 30, 2004, paramedic Geneviève Caron rescued a wheelchair-bound woman from a burning paratransit bus in Montreal, Quebec. Despite the thick acrid smoke, Ms. Caron rushed inside the flaming vehicle to reach the trapped passenger. Unable to get the physically impaired woman out due to a jammed platform lift, Ms. Caron picked her up from her wheelchair and dragged her to the back exit door, the only escape possible from the vehicle. Helped by others, she then pulled the victim out to safety, moments before the bus was fully engulfed in flames.