A harrowing experience on Round Lake reported last year by The Current has resulted in an award for bravery to Jared Moore, local police officer with the OPP Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment. Above: Photo submitted.
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission described the incident in its announcement of the first 2025 Carnegie Medal recipients:
In a remote area near Killaloe, Ontario, on Feb. 24, 2024, Janice and Marvin Junop were riding snowmobiles across Round Lake when Janice, 55, attempted to cross an area of open water and her snowmobile sank 38 feet to the bottom. Having made it across the opening first, Marvin, 57, turned around to go back to help her. Off-duty police officer, Jared Moore,25, of Pembroke, Ontario, was with his mother walking on a solid part of the lake ice about a half-mile away when they saw Janice’s vehicle plunge into the water. His mother ran to the family cottage on the shore to find a rope, while Moore sprinted toward the open water. Moore and Marvin shouted to Janice to swim to the edge of the ice. While standing on ice no more than 3 inches thick, they tossed a rope retrieved from Marvin’s snowmobile. Janice was too cold to grab the rope. Marvin then jumped into the open water, swam to Janice, and pushed her toward the edge. While Marvin pushed Janice from behind, Moore grabbed her arms and pulled her part of the way out, then grabbed her legs to pull her the rest of the way out. Moore then returned to the edge of the ice and pulled out Marvin. Janice was treated at a hospital and suffered from hypothermia, but she recovered. Marvin and Moore were not injured during the incident.
One of 17 individuals honoured this first quarter of 2025 – and the only Canadian among the recipients – Moore hails from Dufferin County and joined the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in 2021. When the incident occurred, Moore was a Constable. He is now a Detective Constable in the Renfrew County Crime Unit.
About the Carnegie Medal
The Carnegie Medal is given throughout the U.S. and Canada to those who enter extreme danger while saving or attempting to save the lives of others. With this announcement, the Carnegie Medal has been awarded to 10,493 individuals since the inception of the Pittsburgh-based Fund in 1904. Each of the recipients or their survivors will receive a financial grant. Throughout the 120 years since the Fund was established by industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, more than $45 million has been given in one-time grants, scholarship aid, death benefits, and continuing assistance. For more information or to nominate someone for an award, visit Carnegie Hero Fund Commission To read The Current’s previous report, see Off-duty OPP officer praised for heroism in Round Lake rescue | Madawaska Valley Current
Phraner,J.,Carnegie Hero Fund Commission(2025,Mar.24) 17 INDIVIDUALS NAMED CARNEGIE HEROES
FOR EXTRAORDINARY ACTS OF HEROISM [media release]