PITTSBURGH - A man who saved a 13-year-old from drowning off Jekyll Island and helped the boy's 15-year-old brother to safety is one of 23 people honored Thursday by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission of Pittsburgh. <br>
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Robert W. Evans was on hand July 5th, 2001, when Zachary and Caleb Griffin, their father and two other people were trapped on a sandbar by the rising tide. The 34-year-old Evans swam 200 yards, took hold of Zachary and swam back to shore. He then swam a flotation device out to Caleb and waited with him until a man with a small raft picked up Caleb. Evans then swam to shore. <br>
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Industrialist Andrew Carnegie started the fund in 1904 after being inspired by rescue stories from a mine disaster that killed 181 people. <br>
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The awards, bronze medals that come with $3,500 for the honorees or their survivors, are issued five times a year. Five of this year's honorees died trying to save a life.
