Flood Hero Awarded $50,000 Prize
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| Terrence Hoben (Center), the grand prize winner in the Russell Berrie Foundation "Making a Difference Awards," poses with Dr. Robert A. Scott (left), president emeritus of Ramapo, and Russ Berrie, Chairman and CEO of Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. (right) |
In a ceremony held at Ramapo College in May, Terrence Hoben of Bound Brook was named the grand prize winner in the Russell Berrie Foundation "Making a Difference Awards." During last September's Hurricane Floyd, Hoben, an EMS coordinator, personally moved 300 of his neighbors out of harm's way when the floodwaters began to rise. He traveled through the flooded streets in his small fishing boat to rescue residents stranded on roofs of houses and tops of trees.
Among the eighteen other New Jersey heroes who received awards were second prize winner Carey Jenkins of Wyckoff, the founder of Operation Link-Up, and third prize winner Claude "Pops" Kranik of Totowa, longtime volunteer with the Totowa First Aid Squad, Totowa Fire Department, and the West Paterson First Aid Squad.
