Medal of Bravery
Awarded on: 2015-09-30
Invested on: 2016-02-22
Brian Cochrane, M.B.
Medal of Bravery
On February 5, 2011, Brian Cochrane braved the freezing waters of the Atlantic Ocean to try and rescue a young woman in Hantsport, Nova Scotia. Her vehicle had slid off the wharf and flipped onto its roof into the Minas Basin. Mr. Cochrane climbed down a ladder to the vehicle and desperately tried to pull the victim out as the car swayed in the strong, fast-rising tide. As firefighters arrived to complete the rescue, witnesses helped Mr. Cochrane, suffering from hypothermia, back up onto the wharf. Sadly, the victim did not survive