Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: June 19, 2003
• Invested on: September 12, 2003

On December 27, 2001, MCpl Steeve Perron, then Corporal, rescued a teenager and his ten-year-old cousin who had fallen through the ice on the Rivière-aux-Sables in Jonquière, Quebec. MCpl Perron was driving by when he saw the boys walk onto the dangerously thin surface. As he stopped to warn them of the risks, the fragile layer broke under their weight and both boys disappeared in the water several times before managing to cling onto the edge of the hole. MCpl Perron grabbed a rope from his car and, shouting for help, made his way onto the precariously thin surface. He inched his way to some two metres of the opening and, while the ice cracked all around him, threw the rope to the struggling victims and managed to keep them from slipping under until police arrived to complete the rescue.