Corona, CA: Four Calif. men receive heroism awards

Four California men are among 20 winners of Carnegie medals for heroism.

Fifty-6-year-old Michael Noriega of Manhattan Beach helped to save 92-year-old Lucille Meistrell from a house fire in Manhattan Beach in November 2009.

Thirty-2-year-old David Braga of Modesto saved a 1-year-old girl from an apartment fire in Merced in February 2010.

And 47-year-old Roger Randolph Lang of Corona and 41-year-old Theophilus Joseph of San Bernardino rescued a woman from an assault in Norco, Calif., in April 2009.

The Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced the honors for individuals from the United States and Canada who risked their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others.

Carnegie medalists, or their heirs, receive financial grants. More than $33.1 million has been awarded to over 9,400 honorees since the fund's inception in 1904.