Medal of Bravery
Awarded on: 2003-10-23
Invested on: 2004-06-25
On January 7, 2002, Kylie Pike saved a five-year-old boy from a burning apartment, in Mississauga, Ontario. Returning home from work, Ms. Pike noticed heavy smoke pouring out of a neighbouring apartment building and rushed to the scene. When she learned that two children were trapped inside, she climbed onto a storage shed to gain access to the apartment through a broken bedroom window. Guided by the sound of a faint gasp, she searched the smoke-filled room until she located one of the children on a bed. After picking him up, she lifted the boy through the window to waiting hands. Despite the peril she faced, Ms. Pike remained in the flaming apartment, franticaly searching for the second child, until firefighters arrived and completed the rescue.