Show let Honorable Mentions Special Investigator Erik Podszus State At the second plane New York I j J Hhlt the World Trade Cantor on Sept 11 Podszus 46 pul lad several people to safety giving first aid amid falling debris and bodies When the first tower came down ho moved several of the injured up against the wall of the Millenium Hilton He then dared to head into a dense doud of debrivfire glass and smoke to rescue a young woman Podszus used his own body to shelter her as he crawled back pulling her to the wall of the hotel Later his found another injured man than went back toward the fallen towers and helped free an older man Deputies Lazaro I Ortega and Caesar Cruz Los Angeles Calif their Off duty with on m summer afternoon at Laguna Beach Calif Ortega 24 and Cruz 40 dove into the ocean to ha three amalcM-de- n caught in a strong riptide Cruz got two of them to ahore whilo girl Ortega swam attar a When he reached her however she panicked and pulled him uider several timea As Cruz swam out to help Ortega yeHed“ I am not going to make W Take the kkT Cruz got the child to shore came beck with a flotation device and saved Ortega's life SgL John McKillop Glendale Calif 40 headed McKillop task force that got a nuraa Efron Saldvan to oonfeaa to nardering hospital patient—beKeved to be as many as 30a During the Wyear investigation McKillop was relentless in putting together a case He exhumed 20 bodes for testing contacted ex ports and Interviewed thousands o witnesses and family members continued teaooaMcae |