Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: November 25, 2010
• Invested on: October 28, 2011

Jeremy Hodder, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

On September 4, 2008, Jeremy Hodder risked his life to rescue a man following a motor vehicle accident on Highway 401, near Toronto, Ontario. A tractor trailer was in the process of turning off the highway when it lost control and hit a guardrail. The truck slid to a stop beneath an overpass, where it burst into flames and set off multiple explosions. When Mr. Hodder came upon the crash site, the driver was lying on the shoulder of the highway, in front of the burning wreck, unable to move. The intense heat and raging flames did not deter Mr. Hodder from approaching the wreckage. He checked to see if anyone else was in the truck's cab, and then carried the badly burned victim to a safer location just as the vehicle became fully engulfed.