Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: January 25, 2007
• Invested on: June 15, 2007

Jessica Lauren Holman-Price, M.B. (posthumous)
Medal of Bravery

On December 19, 2005, 21-year-old Jessica Holman Price lost her life while preventing her 10 year-old brother from being crushed by the wheels of a snow-removal truck in Montreal, Quebec. The two were standing on a snowbank at a busy intersection, waiting to cross the street. When the light turned green, the truck came around the corner and caught the edge of the mound, causing the boy to slide under the vehicle. Ms. Holman-Price reached for him but she too lost her footing and slid under the wheels of the truck. In a split second, she managed to push her brother out of harm's way before the massive truck fatally injured her.