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  • Five in ill-fated hunting party are declared Carnegie Heroes (WI Deer Hunters)

    12/21/2006 8:41:41 PM PST · by ButThreeLeftsDo · 13 replies · 628+ views
    StarTribune.com ^ | 12/21/06 | Larry Oakes
    When deer hunter Chai Soua Vang, of St. Paul, opened fire on a large party of other hunters in northern Wisconsin in 2004, some of the people he killed, wounded and endangered were trying to save the lives of their friends and family members, according to official accounts of the melee. Five members of the party were recognized Thursday -- three posthumously -- with medals from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. The Pittsburgh-based fund carries out the instructions of the late steel mogul Andrew Carnegie to recognize and assist North American civilians who put their lives on the line to...