Valor Awards Presented to Four Freedom Township Men

Four Freedom Township men were recently presented valor awards at the Central Pennsylvania Volunteer Firemen's Association convention held in Clymer last month.

The Valor Award is given to an individual who saved a life or helped save a life.

Tom Bowman, of East Freedom, was nominated for the award by Freedom Township Supervisor Ed Bender.

Bowman was on vacation in Gettysburg, when a man jumped into the hotel swimming pool and hit his head on the bottom, knocking him unconscious and filling his lungs with water.

Bowman jumped in and pulled the man from the pool and performed life-saving CPR un...