Allison Manning, The Columbus Dispatch Saturday Dec 21, 2013 at 12:01 AM Dec 21, 2013 at 12:09 PM When James Russell Jenkins ran into an icy pond in February in an attempt to save a 5-year-old boy, he was labeled a hero. He's being remembered with a Carnegie Medal, given by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, awarded to those who risk their lives in an extraordinary way to save or attempt to save the life of another.