Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: October 30, 2008
• Invested on: May 06, 2011

John Jew, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

In the early hours of February 21, 2007, 75-year-old John Jew rescued his 77-year-old wife from their burning house, in Seaforth, Ontario. Awakened by the fire alarm, Mr. Jew discovered flames in the kitchen. Unable to put out the fire, he called 911 and ran upstairs to wake his wife. The fire quickly spread up into the stairway, blocking the couple's escape route. Mr. Jew jumped from a window into the snow and brought a ladder to the balcony. He then assisted his wife down to safety just as the firefighters arrived.