Biden to award Lincoln Police Officer Tu Anh Tran the Medal of Valor
Source: Nebraska Examiner
By: Aaron Sanderford - January 3, 2025 4:02 am
LINCOLN — President Joe Biden is awarding a Medal of Valor on Friday to the Lincoln Police Department sergeant who jumped into a frigid pond in February 2023 to save a woman from drowning in her car.
Sgt. Tu Anh Tran responded to a winter weather-related wreck at Wilderness Ridge Golf Course in which a 27-year-old woman lost control of her Hyundai Elantra on Yankee Hill Road in south Lincoln and slipped into a pond that typically does little more than complicate life for golfers.
Tran was in a store about two miles away when he responded to the 911 call as the closest officer on a 22-degree day, the Lincoln Journal Star reported at the time. He sped to the scene, shed his bullet-proof vest and utility belt and jumped in.
He swam toward the woman’s car, where she had moved into the back seat as the vehicle sank. But the pond water had filled in above where Tran could see in. He opened the back door and reached inside, felt her legs and pulled. She grabbed back.
Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird poses with Lincoln Police Sgt. Tu Anh Tran, his wife, Cuu Nguyen and their children. (Courtesy City of Lincoln)
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