{
  "id": 9306471,
  "title": "North Carolina father and son receive hero awards for saving man from burning car",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/north-carolina-father-and-son-receive-hero-awards-for-saving-man-from",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T09:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/23/north-carolina-hero-awards-man-saved-from-burning-car"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Larry Pickett Sr and his son, a US army cadet, pulled David Denton from vehicle fire in upstate New York in 2025 A North Carolina man who helped his son – a player for the US army academy college football team – pull a wrecked car’s driver out of the vehicle moments before it burst into flames has earned the highest honor for civilian heroism in the United States and Canada . Larry Pickett Sr…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}