Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: February 26, 2009
• Invested on: February 04, 2010

Benjamin Loren Correos, M.B. (posthumous)
Louis-Paul Courbron, M.B.
Kimpton Gagnon-Després, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

On August 16, 2007, Messrs. Benji Correos, Louis-Paul Corbron and Kimpton Gagnon-Després rescued Mr. Correos' son, who had slipped into the high, rushing waters of the Yukon River, in Whitehorse, Yukon. After seeing his son fall in, Mr. Correos jumped in to grab him, but soon, both were pulled under by the current. Witnessing the scene, Messrs. Courbron and Gagnon Després jumped in to rescue the boy whose body had surfaced at the bottom of the rapids. They held the boy's head above water and swam through the turbulent waters to bring him to shore, where he was revived. Sadly, Mr. Correos did not survive the ordeal.