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1 verified story from Champaign, Illinois, published October 6, 2026. It is filed under Heroes. It is checked and linked to the original report.

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Champaign honored the people who reached a 90-year-old in a sinking car

In August her car went into a flooded retention pond on North Prospect Avenue. Three residents received Community Lifesaving Awards. Four officers received the chief's challenge coin, not those awards.

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