North Carolina father and son receive hero awards for saving man from burning car
Larry Pickett Jr receives the US army’s soldier’s medal at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, on 12 March 2026. Photograph: Kyle Osterhoudt/USMAView image in fullscreenLarry Pickett Jr receives the US army’s soldier’s medal at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, on 12 March 2026. The crash caused the pole and power lines – carrying a total of at least 14,000 volts – to fall on to the road and Denton’s SUV as Pickett Sr, 46, drove by the wreckage with his family.View image in fullscreenLarry Pickett Sr.
- ▪Larry Pickett Jr receives the US army’s soldier’s medal at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, on 12 March 2026.
- ▪Photograph: Kyle Osterhoudt/USMAView image in fullscreenLarry Pickett Jr receives the US army’s soldier’s medal at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, on 12 March 2026.
- ▪The crash caused the pole and power lines – carrying a total of at least 14,000 volts – to fall on to the road and Denton’s SUV as Pickett Sr, 46, drove by the wreckage with his family.View image in fullscreenLarry Pickett Sr.
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Larry Pickett Jr receives the US army’s soldier’s medal at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, on 12 March 2026. Photograph: Kyle Osterhoudt/USMAView image in fullscreenLarry Pickett Jr receives the US army’s soldier’s medal at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, on 12 March 2026. Photograph: Kyle Osterhoudt/USMANew YorkNorth Carolina father and son receive hero awards for saving man from burning carLarry Pickett Sr and his son, a US army cadet, pulled David Denton from vehicle fire in upstate New York in 2025Ramon Antonio VargasWed 23 Sep 2026 05.00 EDTLast modified on Wed 23 Sep 2026 05.05 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA North Carolina man who helped his son – a player for the US army academy college football team – pull a wrecked…
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