Georgia man who drowned saving Pawleys Island family gets major heroism award
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (WBTW) — A Georgia man who died rescuing six people from a Pawleys Island rip current last summer is being honored with a prestigious national award. Anderson “Chase” Childers was posthumously honored Monday with a Carnegie Medal for Heroism, one of 18 to receive the award, North America’s highest honor for civilian […]
- Date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Location
- Pawleys Island, South Carolina
- Type
- Drowning
- Outcome
- Fatality
- People involved
- 7
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