‘I Have No Words’: Hero’s Family Speechless As He’s Receives Carnegie Medal

EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) — A young Northern California antheral who sacrificed himself to prevention 2 strangers is present being honored successful a large way.

Evan Ishima, 24, jumped into the fast-moving and unsafe Cosumnes River to prevention a alien struggling but helium ne'er made it out.

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“It hits hard. It does. And I deliberation my parents took it the worst retired of each of us,” his sister, Anjelica, told CBS13. “I conscionable retrieve my ma each the clip talking astir that she didn’t privation to beryllium here, she conscionable wanted to beryllium with him. She wanted her lad back. I’ve ne'er seen my dada truthful wounded either. I’ve ne'er seen him cry.”

On May 28, 2020, Ishima was hiking with friends erstwhile helium noticed idiosyncratic struggling successful the water. He lowered himself into the h2o portion bracing his arms connected 2 boulders. Others past joined successful to signifier a quality concatenation but the unit of the stream pulled Ishima down and helium ne'er resurfaced.

Another young antheral saw the conflict and besides jumped successful to assistance but helium ne'er resurfaced either.

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Ishima’s household says a unpaid utilized instrumentality to find each 3 men and recovered him underneath the 2 different victims. They judge helium was trying to propulsion them up to the surface.

Now, Ishima and the different young antheral who jumped successful to assistance are some being honored with the Carnegie Medal.

“We’re inactive trying to fig retired who nominated him for that but whoever did it, we’re highly grateful for,” said Anjelica. “I person nary words, I deliberation that’s beautiful. I deliberation there’s astir apt thing much honorable than that.”

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Anjelica says her member was humble and ne'er looking for attention. She says helium was conscionable retired to bash the close thing. But his bravery being honored by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission whitethorn conscionable cushion the heartbreak.

Marlee Ginter