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The highest of civilian honors
Pair of drowning victims receive prestigious medal for heroism Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
(Seguin) -- Two summers ago, a pair of adults drowned in the Guadalupe River. Today, the heroic efforts of these individuals are being officially recognized with the delivery of the Carnegie Medal, a medal said to be North America’s highest civilian honor for heroism. The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awards the Carnegie Medal to individuals from throughout the United States and Canada who risk themselves to an extraordinary degree saving or attempting to save the lives of others. Those being honored posthumously are Victor
Villanueva and Casandra Joann Kendrick. Both drowned while saving two small children during a June 13, 2021, fishing trip at the Guadalupe River bridge on FM 1117. Villanueva, a 30-year-old lumberyard worker from New Braunfels had taken his three sons, ages 9, 6, and 5, to fish in the Seguin River. Another group of people on the tiny island that day included Kendrick a 22-year-old retail clerk. While wading, the 9-year-old stepped into water 15 feet deep near an undertow. In an attempt to reach the boy, his brothers also entered deep
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water. Villanueva swam to the boy and passed him to another woman who had responded from Kendrick’s party. That woman brought the boy to safety. Kendrick and another woman swam to the younger boys, the other woman using a child’s floatie. While one of the boys held onto the floatie, Kendrick handed the other boy to the other woman, who brought both boys to safety. However before they were able to return to shore, Villanueva and Kendrick submerged and drowned. The boys were unharmed. Honors, pg. 2