A 14-year-old boy climbed a ladder to pull a child from a fiery San Diego home . The teen is among 120 Oregonian chosen for Citizen Service Before Self Honor . A father and son used their boat to rescue 120 people during Hurricane Isaac . `` The honorees we celebrate today ... are seemingly ordinary Americans , but far from it , really , '' said Jim Miklaszewski , the award ceremony 's emcee and the Pentagon correspondent for NBC News . A cleric ran a housing center to help homeless people in Oregon .
A 14-year-old boy climbed a ladder to pull a child from a fiery San Diego home . The teen is among 120 Oregonian chosen for Citizen Service Before Self Honor . A father and son used their boat to rescue 120 people during Hurricane Isaac . A cleric ran a housing center to help homeless people in Oregon .