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Calvin Stein, the Madoc man who saved a three-year-old girl from being trampled by a team of runaway ponies last summer at the Tweed Fair, is being honoured with a medal for “extraordinary civilian heroism” by the Carnegie Foundation.
Stein, 51, was standing near the horse-pull arena at the Tweed Fair on July 9 when he saw a team of ponies break free from their handler and stampede toward where the girl was standing with her family. He ran and scooped up the girl and threw her to safety before being run over by the horses himself.
“I didn’t do my act for the publicity or because I wanted to be a hero. I just knew that somebody was going to die that day,” Stein said in a phone interview Tuesday.
Stein, a line supervisor with Hydro One who also runs a small cattle farm near Madoc, about a two-hour drive west of Ottawa, is one of two Canadians among the 21 winners of the Carnegie medal. He learned about the award on Friday.
Stein described what happened that afternoon at the fair in an interview with the Citizen last July.
“I just swooped the young lady up and I just basically — I knew they were close — I just threw her,” he said. “I knew she’d bounce, she maybe’d break and arm or a leg. I guess that’s not what you’re supposed to do — throw kids — but I just threw her and the team mowed me over. I flipped and flopped and the rest is history. The young lady was taken to hospital — she’s fine, a few bumps and bruises, very fortunate.”
Stein said at the time that he suffered “some dirty scars. And I’ve got one eye that’s a little screwed up.”
“I just remember laying on the ground. When I hit the ground and the blood pooling by my head. I thought it was over. I thought, ‘Well, this is the way Calvin’s going to croak.’”
Stein continues to have vision and balance problems since the trampling, stemming from an acquired brain injury.
“I’ve got some issues with balance and basically just headaches all the time and some lower back issues. But that’s small — a pretty small price to pay for that young lady’s life. That’s the way I look at it.”
He was contacted by the Carnegie Foundation after the incident and asked to fill out some forms. The Foundation then did its own investigation and. Stein’s award was unanimously approved by the board of governors earlier this month. Each of the 21 recipients will receive an individually struck medal.
Stein said at the time that he wasn’t a hero — “The heroes are the men and women of our Canadian Forces, and the men and women of our police forces, and the men and women of our EMS,” he told the Citizen at the time — but he understands why the act drew so much attention.
“If anybody has a child or has a heart, when you hear the story it touches you,” he said Tuesday. “Basically, most people turned and ran —climbed into trailer to get to safety. But I didn’t. I headed right to the front of her.”
Why did he go forward when others ran away?
“I guess that’s the way I’m designed,” he said. “I like to help out other people. I like to plow out people’s driveways, just because I can. Anybody who needs help, when they call, I go. I’ll drop whatever I’m doing to help somebody else. That’s just the way I am.”
Stein says he stayed in touch with Rylee’s family and the families hope to get together again before Christmas.
The other Canadian honoured is Clark Whitecalf of Gallivan, Sask., who crawled into a burning house in August 2015 to save an 18-year-old man who was trapped inside.
In its announcement, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission said the medal “is given to those who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others.” Four of the 21 recipients died in performing their acts.
Nearly 10,000 people have received a Carnegie bravery award since they were first established in 1904 by Pittsburgh industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The award also comes with a financial grant. The foundation has given away nearly $39 million in grants, scholarships, death benefits and financial aid over the years.
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Stein, 51, was standing near the horse-pull arena at the Tweed Fair on July 9 when he saw a team of ponies break free from their handler and stampede toward where the girl was standing with her family. He ran and scooped up the girl and threw her to safety before being run over by the horses himself.
“I didn’t do my act for the publicity or because I wanted to be a hero. I just knew that somebody was going to die that day,” Stein said in a phone interview Tuesday.
Stein, a line supervisor with Hydro One who also runs a small cattle farm near Madoc, about a two-hour drive west of Ottawa, is one of two Canadians among the 21 winners of the Carnegie medal. He learned about the award on Friday.
Stein described what happened that afternoon at the fair in an interview with the Citizen last July.
“I just swooped the young lady up and I just basically — I knew they were close — I just threw her,” he said. “I knew she’d bounce, she maybe’d break and arm or a leg. I guess that’s not what you’re supposed to do — throw kids — but I just threw her and the team mowed me over. I flipped and flopped and the rest is history. The young lady was taken to hospital — she’s fine, a few bumps and bruises, very fortunate.”
Stein said at the time that he suffered “some dirty scars. And I’ve got one eye that’s a little screwed up.”
“I just remember laying on the ground. When I hit the ground and the blood pooling by my head. I thought it was over. I thought, ‘Well, this is the way Calvin’s going to croak.’”
Stein continues to have vision and balance problems since the trampling, stemming from an acquired brain injury.
“I’ve got some issues with balance and basically just headaches all the time and some lower back issues. But that’s small — a pretty small price to pay for that young lady’s life. That’s the way I look at it.”
He was contacted by the Carnegie Foundation after the incident and asked to fill out some forms. The Foundation then did its own investigation and. Stein’s award was unanimously approved by the board of governors earlier this month. Each of the 21 recipients will receive an individually struck medal.
Stein said at the time that he wasn’t a hero — “The heroes are the men and women of our Canadian Forces, and the men and women of our police forces, and the men and women of our EMS,” he told the Citizen at the time — but he understands why the act drew so much attention.
“If anybody has a child or has a heart, when you hear the story it touches you,” he said Tuesday. “Basically, most people turned and ran —climbed into trailer to get to safety. But I didn’t. I headed right to the front of her.”
Why did he go forward when others ran away?
“I guess that’s the way I’m designed,” he said. “I like to help out other people. I like to plow out people’s driveways, just because I can. Anybody who needs help, when they call, I go. I’ll drop whatever I’m doing to help somebody else. That’s just the way I am.”
Stein says he stayed in touch with Rylee’s family and the families hope to get together again before Christmas.
The other Canadian honoured is Clark Whitecalf of Gallivan, Sask., who crawled into a burning house in August 2015 to save an 18-year-old man who was trapped inside.
In its announcement, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission said the medal “is given to those who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others.” Four of the 21 recipients died in performing their acts.
Nearly 10,000 people have received a Carnegie bravery award since they were first established in 1904 by Pittsburgh industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The award also comes with a financial grant. The foundation has given away nearly $39 million in grants, scholarships, death benefits and financial aid over the years.
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