Medal of Bravery
Awarded on: 2010-11-25
Invested on: 2011-10-28
Tara Michelle Josey, M.B.
Nadine Anik Leduc, M.B.
Medal of Bravery
On January 7, 2008, paramedic dispatchers Tara Josey and Nadine Leduc were instrumental in the survival of a man wounded in a drive-by shooting, in Ottawa, Ontario. The two dispatchers were exiting a coffee shop when they heard a series of gunshots. They saw a car speed away and found a young man lying in the parking lot. While onlookers fled the scene, Ms. Josey and Ms. Leduc rushed forward to help the victim. They heard what sounded like more gunshots as they tended to the man's wounds. Both women instinctively covered the young man with their bodies to protect him. Although the rescuers feared that the shooter had come back, they remained at the scene, applying pressure to the victim's wound, until paramedics and police arrived.