Two Harvard employees have been cited by the Carnegie Hero Fund for bravery during the Cambridge Electon Accelerator explosion and fire last July 5.
Frederick E. Gale, a cold temperature physics technician, received a silver medal and $1000 from the Pittsburgh organization for rescuing several co-workers from the blast. Kenneth M. George, also a technician, was awarded a bronze medal and $550 for his help in saving one man and searching for others.
An M.I.T. research technician was killed and six other men hospitalized as a result of the million dollar catastrophic Gale, and George, who were not injured by the blast, are now helping to rebuild the CEA.
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