Stichting Carnegie Heldenfonds

Three Dutch heroes received medals on the first National Hero Day, October 7, 2015, for rescuing a woman from her car as it was sinking in a canal in Amsterdam. Rescuers (left to right) Sander Schönhuth, Gijsbert Paul Vroom, and Martin Snel; Utrecht Mayor Jan van Zanen, who presented the medals; and Jaap Smit, Dutch Hero Fund president.