Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: March 1, 2005
• Invested on: December 02, 2005

On October 4, 2002, Melanie Warner-Cain lost her life while trying to prevent a man from leaving the scene of a hit-and-run, in a parking lot in Cornwall, Ontario. After watching the vehicle accelerate in reverse and aim in the direction of the victim, Mrs. Warner-Cain desperately knocked on the rear window in a vain attempt to alert the driver to the injured man. As a result, she was pulled under the wheels of the car and dragged for several feet, sustaining fatal injuries.