VFW Club 3457 commander Mariano Fajardo handed the certificates of appreciation to Department of Corrections Commissioner Lino S. Tenorio, Patrick Concepcion Aldan, Darrell Concepcion, Ashley Conception, Raymond Crisostomo, Brian Reyes, Patrick Reyes and Edwin Villagomez on Friday afternoon.
“We are very proud to have helpful citizens with us who do not hesitate to risk their lives to help those who are in distress,” Fajardo said.
“We are hoping that those persons they helped could return the favor to others who would need their help in the future,” he added.
Darrell and Ashley Concepcion resuscitated a three-year-old boy who nearly drowned in the waters off Paupau Beach in San Roque on Jan.18.
Tenorio and retired U.S. Army Reservist Ray Crisostimo rescued two surfers stranded outside the reef line of Sugar Dock on Jan. 3.
Brian Reyes, a mechanic at Triple “J” Motors, Patrick Reyes and Edwin Villagomez, both students, assisted Boating Safety officers in rescuing five persons, including two minors, from a sinking boat near Managaha last Dec. 26, 2008.
The Department of Public Safety earlier honored these individuals in separate occasions.
