Metro Detroit Officer Wins Carnegie Medal For Heroism: Patch PM

METRO DETROIT, MI — As a father of six, Dearborn Heights Police Officer Scott Keller understands the importance of family. That’s why, almost a year ago, he risked his life to save Yusfuf Salem, a then 7-year-old trapped in a fire in his home.

Now Keller is being honored as a hero by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. Keller, a Tecumseh native, was one of 19 people from across the U.S. and Canada to receive the Carnegie Medal Tuesday. While Keller shrugged it off as just being at the right place at the right time, the Pittsburgh-based organization said it was an uncommon act of bravery that kept a little boy alive. Read the rest of the story here.

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