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(CNN)Keanon Lowe saved a life on the day he took a gun away from a young student and then hugged him close in the halls of the Oregon high school where he coached football.
And for his bravery and compassion, Lowe will receive a Congressional Medal of Honor Citizen Honor.
He is one of six such honorees chosen by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. While Medals of Honor are typically awarded to members of the US military, Lowe and the other citizen honorees "exemplify the values embodied in the Medal of Honor: courage, sacrifice, commitment, integrity, citizenship, and patriotism," the society said.
In May, Lowe stopped a student from harming himself with a shotgun at Parkrose High School in Portland, where Lowe coached football and track.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/us/teacher-disarmed-gunman-medal-of-honor-trnd/index.html
And for his bravery and compassion, Lowe will receive a Congressional Medal of Honor Citizen Honor.
He is one of six such honorees chosen by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. While Medals of Honor are typically awarded to members of the US military, Lowe and the other citizen honorees "exemplify the values embodied in the Medal of Honor: courage, sacrifice, commitment, integrity, citizenship, and patriotism," the society said.
In May, Lowe stopped a student from harming himself with a shotgun at Parkrose High School in Portland, where Lowe coached football and track.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/us/teacher-disarmed-gunman-medal-of-honor-trnd/index.html
