Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: November 25, 2010
• Invested on: October 28, 2011

Steven C. Reynolds, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

On December 2, 2007, off-duty firefighter Steven Reynolds was injured trying to disarm a distraught woman wielding a sword, at a gas station in Milton, Ontario. Mr. Reynolds had just pulled up in his vehicle, when he heard a young woman calling for help. Realizing she was armed with a sword, Mr. Reynolds calmly asked the woman to put the weapon down. She quickly became aggressive and began yelling at him. Mr. Reynolds ran inside the station and held the doors closed while the aggressor used the sword to break the glass doors. The woman then walked up to an unoccupied vehicle and smashed out the windows, while Mr. Reynolds spoke with a 911 dispatcher. The woman returned to the station and walked inside barefoot. Sword still in hand, she approached the attendant at the counter, seemingly unaware that Mr. Reynolds was coming up behind her. She spun around and sliced his arm. Despite the deep wound, Mr. Reynolds was able to pin the violent, struggling woman against the counter. Two attendants then helped to restrain her as Mr. Reynolds, weak and drenched in blood, fell to the floor. The police quickly arrived to arrest the woman and see to Mr. Reynolds' wounds.