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Trenton Man With Prosthetic Leg Rescues Driver As Car Plunges Into Newark Bay Trenton Man With Prosthetic Leg Rescues Driver As Car Plunges Into Newark Bay
Trenton Man With Prosthetic Leg Rescues Driver As Car Plunges Into Newark Bay A 29-year-old Trenton man with a prosthetic leg who rescued a driver as his car plunged into the Newark Bay received a national reward for his heroic efforts. Anthony Stephen Capuano, an aquatic program administrator, received a Carnegie Medal — considered North America’s highest civilian honor for heroism — following his brave rescue, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced in a release on Tuesday, June 28. Capuano removed his prosthetic lower leg and took immediate action when hearing Joseph M. Kadian, 68, screaming that he didn’t know how to swim as his vehicle started sinking into t…