Muelmar Magallanes, was a construction worker at the age of 18 who braved the surging flood water during the height of Typhoon Ondoy... was given an award but he wasn't anywhere to receive it because he was found dead after saving many lives during the Ondoy flashflood. Believed to have had saved more than 30 people, young and old...but unluckily...got too tired, soaked and shivering, he then was swept away by the torrents of heavy rain and surging floodwater. The mother welled, and with heavy heart received the award for his son. Neighbors found his body together with 28 others who perished from that strong epic flood.
Time also cited Afghan journalist Sultan Munadi, banker Leonard Abess, activist Tan Zuoren, University of California police officers Lisa Campbell and Ally Jacobs, civilian police officers Kimberley Munley and Mark Todd, Mike Perham, Neda Agha-Soltan, ship captain Richard Phillips who escaped from Somali pirates, and pilot Capt. Chesley Sullenberger who landed his crippled jetliner safely in the Hudson River in New York City.
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