Jonathon Baez is one of 16 people across the country being awarded the Carnegie Medal, which is given to people “who enter extreme danger while saving or attempting to save the lives of others.”
MESA, AZ — A Mesa man is being nationally recognized for his heroism more than a year after saving the lives of two children and a dog in a burning apartment complex.Baez said his job as a painter was canceled on Feb. 18, 2022, so he was given the day off. He and his cousin went to a car wash near US 60 and Gilbert Road when a fire broke out nearby.
"Everything happens for a reason, that's what I think,” said Baez in a previous interview with ABC15. A body camera video shows an officer asking for a ladder. Seconds later, Baez jumps a six-foot fence. He stands on a shed and grabs a broken window with his bare hands to rip it off.With dark smoke billowing out of the room, Baez pulled the first child out to safety. While another officer looked for a medic for the young girl in a diaper, he went inside the apartment to rescue another child and a dog.A 25-year-old Mesa, Arizona, painter leaped into action Feb.
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