Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: September 15, 2005
• Invested on: December 02, 2005

On February 8, 2004, Michael Morrison helped his wife and two small daughters escape their burning house, in Bolsover, Ontario. Awakened by an early morning fire, Mr. Morrison was met by a wall of flames when he opened his bedroom door. With no other escape, he broke and splintered a window with his bare fists and made it outside with his wife and their infant daughter. Realizing that his two-year-old daughter was still inside, he raced to the front door but was forced back by the flames. Despite severe bleeding, he climbed on a lawn chair to reach the toddler's bedroom window, reached in, grabbed hold of the unconscious child and pulled her out. He then risked his life a third time, entering the house through another window to look for his son, mistakenly believed to be in his bedroom.