BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com Tuesday, October 21, 2014
THERE were cheers and sporadic rounds of applause throughout the national honours and awards investiture ceremony at King’s House yesterday, but it was the citations for those being awarded for gallantry that evoked the most reaction from the large audience assembled on the sprawling lawns.
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| Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (centre) celebrates with some of the recipients of the Order of Jamaica at King’s House, yesterday. From left are: The Most Reverend Charles Dufour, Senator KD Knight, track coach Glen Mills, Professor Joseph Frederick, Dr Max Wellington — who accepted on behalf of his father Dr Karl Wellington — and human rights advocate Flo O’Connor. Dennis Daly was posthumously conferred with the Order of Jamaica. University lecturer Professor Sir Roy Augier also received the OJ, but is missing from the photo. (PHOTOS: GARFIELD ROBINSON AND JOSEPH WELLINGTON) |
And as she mounted the platform and shyly acknowledged Governor General Sir Patrick Allen to accept the Badge of Honour for Gallantry for her act of heroism and bravery, the cheers grew. Speaking with the Jamaica Observer after the ceremony, Toni-Ann seemed oblivious to the magnitude of her act of selflessness.
“I was coming from school when I saw the house on fire and went inside for the bigger brother. I then asked him for his little brother and he said he was sleeping on the bed.
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| Young Toni-Ann Miller with the Medal of Honour for Gallantry |
So I went back for him in the house and saw him sleeping on the bed and took him out,” she said. Were you afraid to go into the burning house? the Observer asked. “No,” she replied. The audience would later be aroused when Corporal Everton Henry received his medal for gallantry. more
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