DICKSON CITY, Pa. — Officers were honored in Lackawanna County on Tuesday.
Blakely Chief Guy Salerno received a medal for saving the life of a child who had seatbelts wrapped around their neck back in September.
Throop officers Zakery Sawyer, John Wilson, and Frank Tanana all received medals for rescuing a child clinging to a tree branch in the Lackawanna River.
Coincidentally the river was running high and fast that night after a thunderstorm.