28 Jan Four men and three Guam Fire department personnel were recognized for their heroism during a ceremony at Adelup on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.
Four men and three Guam Fire department personnel were recognized for their heroism during a ceremony at Adelup on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.
Fokai Team Rider Ken Concepcion used what he learned from training with safety agencies in real life as he and others helped save paddlers whose outrigger canoe capsized on Jan. 17.
The governor’s office on Thursday gave Concepcion, Brandon Leon Guerrero, Vincent Flores and Kawika Naholoowa certificates of recognition as heroes of Guam.
Guahan Napu President Willie Byerly, second from left, is photographed with local bodyboarders, from left, Ken Concepcion, Vincent Flores and Brandon Leon Guerrero, as they display “Hero of Guahan” certificates they were presented during a ceremony at Adelup on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. The bodyboarders, and three Guam Fire Department personnel, were recognized for their actions in rescuing six paddlers whose outrigger canoe was overturned by rough seas near the entrance of the Hagåtña boat basin on Jan. 17. Also recognized but not present for the ceremony was civilian, Kawika Naholoowa. Guahan Napu is a local non-profit association of surfers and body-boarders.
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