A former all-American performer in football and track at Northwestern State University and budding star with the Kansas City Chiefs, Delaney died trying to save three youngsters from drowning.
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2009 - Roxana Saberi, a freelance journalist on an alleged espionage charge in Iran.
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2007 - Derek Hines, 2003 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, who demonstrated valor in Afghanistan before being killed there.
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2001 - Rob Best (1972 graduate of Texas Tech University), Shawn Elliot (1996 graduate of Appalachian State University) and Stacey Searels (graduate of Auburn University), all members of the Appalachian State University football coaching staff, saved a number of people from a fiery crash.
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