Nashua Man Awarded Carnegie Hero Medal

The late Paul J. Frontiero III of Nashua is one of 22 recipients of the Carnegie Medal by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.

The medal is given throughout the United States and Canada to those who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others. The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced the awards July 2.

Frontiero, 27, died Oct. 10, 2011, from injuries sustained in an attack outside his Nashua home.

The Carnegie Hero Fund honor notes of his courageous act:

"Paul F. Frontiero III died rescuing Kathryn A. Libby from assault, Nashua, New Hampshire, October 9, 2011. At night, a man armed with a knife exited an automobile that stopped in front of the house where Libby, 29, and others lived. Libby and others were outside the house when the man confronted them in a menacing fashion, and he stabbed Libby repeatedly when she intervened between him and one of her housemates. Another housemate, Frontiero, 27, emergency medical technician, immediately responded from the house, rushed the assailant, and fought against him, freeing Libby. The assailant stabbed Frontiero repeatedly about the arms and torso before fleeing in the car. Frontiero collapsed to the ground, mortally wounded. Libby required hospital treatment for her wounds, from which she recovered."