2023 Hero Awards
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EMT A.J. Sousa gets a hug from Marc Provencher during the New Hampshire Hero Awards at the State House in Concord on May 24. Sousa and Linwood Ambulance Service colleague Christine Shaw, at right, were off duty when they came upon the motorcycle accident last summer that cost Provencher his left arm.
‘They deserve this’
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of NH Union Leader, Rochelle Jones, Joe Carelli, president Citizens-NH and VT during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of NH Union Leader, Marc Provencher, with the EMTs who saved his life, Christine Shaw and A.J. Sousa, and Joe Carelli, president Citizens-NH and VT during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of NH Union Leader, Hampton police officer Haley Magee and Joe Carelli, president Citizens-NH and VT during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of the Union Leader, Dover police detective Molly Martuscello, and Joe Carelli, president of Citizens New Hampshire and Vermont during the New Hampshire Hero Awards celebration Wednesday. Martuscello and colleague Sgt. Juel Cooper were honored for saving a despondent teenager in Dover.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
New Hampshire Heroes Ben and Jose Carrasquillo hold their plaques, flanked by the Union Leader’s Brendan McQuaid and, at far right, Citizens’ Joe Carelli. Beside Carelli is Steve Lafontaine of Manchester, the motorcyclist whom the Carrasquillos helped rescue after he had a heart attack and crashed in Derry. Two other passersby, health practitioners Tiffany White of Bedford and Michelle Cleary of Derry, performed CPR until help arrived. They also received Hero Awards .
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of NH Union Leader, Lt. Col. Tori Scearbo, and Joe Carelli, president Citizens-NH and VT during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of NH Union Leader, Jeff and Libby Neil of Exeter and Joe Carelli, president Citizens-NH and VT during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of NH Union Leader, Jose Pichardo from Nashua and Joe Carelli, president Citizens-NH and VT during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of NH Union Leader, state prison correctional officer Sgt. Jeffrey Kelley and Joe Carelli, president Citizens-NH and VT during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
Christine Shaw, left, poses with Marc Provencher, center, and A.J. Sousa during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday. Shaw and Sousa were both off-duty EMTs who saved Provencher's life when his Harley-Davidson crashed last year.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
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EMT A.J. Sousa gets a hug from Marc Provencher during the New Hampshire Hero Awards at the State House in Concord on May 24. Sousa and Linwood Ambulance Service colleague Christine Shaw, at right, were off duty when they came upon the motorcycle accident last summer that cost Provencher his left arm.
‘They deserve this’
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of NH Union Leader, Rochelle Jones, Joe Carelli, president Citizens-NH and VT during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of NH Union Leader, Marc Provencher, with the EMTs who saved his life, Christine Shaw and A.J. Sousa, and Joe Carelli, president Citizens-NH and VT during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of NH Union Leader, Hampton police officer Haley Magee and Joe Carelli, president Citizens-NH and VT during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of the Union Leader, Dover police detective Molly Martuscello, and Joe Carelli, president of Citizens New Hampshire and Vermont during the New Hampshire Hero Awards celebration Wednesday. Martuscello and colleague Sgt. Juel Cooper were honored for saving a despondent teenager in Dover.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
New Hampshire Heroes Ben and Jose Carrasquillo hold their plaques, flanked by the Union Leader’s Brendan McQuaid and, at far right, Citizens’ Joe Carelli. Beside Carelli is Steve Lafontaine of Manchester, the motorcyclist whom the Carrasquillos helped rescue after he had a heart attack and crashed in Derry. Two other passersby, health practitioners Tiffany White of Bedford and Michelle Cleary of Derry, performed CPR until help arrived. They also received Hero Awards .
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of NH Union Leader, Lt. Col. Tori Scearbo, and Joe Carelli, president Citizens-NH and VT during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of NH Union Leader, Jeff and Libby Neil of Exeter and Joe Carelli, president Citizens-NH and VT during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of NH Union Leader, Jose Pichardo from Nashua and Joe Carelli, president Citizens-NH and VT during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
From left are Brendan McQuaid, president and publisher of NH Union Leader, state prison correctional officer Sgt. Jeffrey Kelley and Joe Carelli, president Citizens-NH and VT during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
Christine Shaw, left, poses with Marc Provencher, center, and A.J. Sousa during the NH Union Leader Heroes Awards held at the State House in Concord on Wednesday. Shaw and Sousa were both off-duty EMTs who saved Provencher's life when his Harley-Davidson crashed last year.
- Thomas Roy/Union Leader
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