Star of Courage

• Awarded on: June 14, 2012
• Invested on: February 08, 2013

Corporal Joseph Martin Éric Beaudoin, S.C., C.D.
Sergeant Randal Douglas McOrmond, S.C., C.D.
Master Corporal Robin Anthony Richardson, S.C., C.D.
Star of Courage

On November 9, 2009, search and rescue technicians Sergeant Randal McOrmond, Master Corporal Robin Richardson, and Corporal Éric Beaudoin rescued a teenager who had been separated from his companion during a hunting trip, near Coral Harbour, Nunavut. An air search discovered the youth on a large pan of unstable ice that was drifting into Hudson's Bay. Messrs. McOrmond, Beaudoin and Richardson parachuted down to a nearby ice floe, and jumped between pieces of moving ice and gaps of open water to reach the victim, who was suffering from severe hypothermia. They provided medical attention and kept watch on two polar bear cubs standing nearby. Thanks to the courageous efforts of these three rescuers, the victim survived.