HUDSON, S.D. – A 10-year-old South Dakota boy who died while saving his younger sister in the Big Sioux River will posthumously receive the Carnegie Medal, North America’s highest honor for civilian heroism.
Ricky Lee Sneve was on a fishing trip with his stepfather and siblings on the Big Sioux in Hudson last June when his 5-year-old sister fell into the water and he dove in after her and was able to push her to the river bank. Authorities say he was caught in an undertow in deeper water. He was carried about 50 feet out and became submerged.
