2002 Winner Anthony Peltier When deputy headteacher Anthony Peltier was sent on a four-day first aid course, he knew the skills would come in handy. But he never realised that on the first day of his training he would be using them to save the life of a stabbed teenager. His heroic act was performed […]
Category: 2002 Winners
Child of Courage
2002 Winner Katie-Louise Beynon Late one evening last May, 12-year-old Katie-Louise was watching TV with her mother when she heard a loud bang from her brothers’ room upstairs. She dashed up to their bedroom and found Adam, seven, on the floor. He had fallen out of bed after suffering a potentially fatal reaction to a […]
Sportsperson of the Year
2002 Winner David Beckham It was on October 6 at Old Trafford that David Beckham was crowned the king of English football. The 26-year-old England captain strode on to the pitch for a showdown with Greece as an icon of the national sport. He walked off having guaranteed the squad a place in the World […]
Child of Courage
2002 Winner Joseph Anderson When Joseph Anderson grows up, he hopes to be either a comedian or a clown. His impressions of Michael Caine regularly have his mother and older sister doubled up in hysterics. But aside from his knack for impressions, what makes Joseph such a remarkable little boy is the terrible ordeal he […]
Child of Courage
2002 Winner Sean McNally Steven Portman lost his arm in a horrific accident, but if it hadn’t been for his best friend, Sean McNally, he would probably have lost his life. When Steven was struck by an 11,000-volt shock from a live power line, it was Sean who risked his own life to save him. […]
Beyond the Call of Duty
2002 Winner PC Simon Dell If it hadn’t been for the brave actions of PC Simon Dell, Christine Fox would today be a widow, grieving the loss of her son. Thinking nothing of his own safety, PC Dell rescued Christine’s son from their blazing flat, then returned to pull her husband’s unconscious body from the […]