Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: September 7, 2006
• Invested on: June 15, 2007

Kayla Denomme, M.B.
Kiana Denomme, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

On August 19, 2005, 13-year-old Kayla Denomme and her 12-year-old sister Kiana saved their grandmother from drowning in the flooded basement of their house during a heavy rainstorm in Toronto, Ontario. Warned of an impending tornado, the trio took refuge in the basement but the water started coming in and rapidly filled the room. The girls tried in vain to break through a window in the hope of scrambling out. While swimming amongst the floating furniture and debris in some two metres of cold, dark and dirty water, they managed to grab hold of their grandmother and made their way outside through the front door before taking shelter at a neighbour's house.