After a tumultuous and historic election season, People collect inside Lengthy Island’s premier live performance corridor to commemorate on a regular basis heroes throughout the nation.
Fox Information host Sean Hannity emceed the sixth annual Patriot Awards on the Tilles Middle for the Performing Arts in Brookeville, N.Y., the place 9 awards got to those that went above and past in service to neighborhood and nation.
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Here’s a have a look at this 12 months’s award recipients:
PATRIOT OF THE YEAR – PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD J. TRUMP
From authorized battles to assassination makes an attempt to the poll field, President-elect Donald Trump has had a historic 12 months, culminating in his monumental victory within the 2024 presidential election.
Whereas the incoming president prepares for his transition again to the White Home, Trump was awarded the Fox Nation “Patriot of the Year Award” throughout Thursday’s present.
“We’re going to achieve it again and very fast. It’s going to be very fast because we have no choice. But we’re going to do something that I’ve been talking about for eight years. We’re going to do it again. We have to do it again,” Trump stated.
“We’re going to be very proud of our country again.”
FOX WEATHER ULTIMATE PATRIOT AWARD – GENERAL DICK CODY
When communities throughout the southeast have been rocked by Hurricane Helene in September, former Military vice chief of employees Gen. Richard “Dick” Cody stepped as much as assist North Carolina residents struggling a disaster of biblical proportions.
“America’s Newsroom” co-anchors Invoice Hemmer and Dana Perino introduced Cody with the FOX Climate “Ultimate Patriot Award,” honoring his service to the affected communities within the Tar Heel State. Samaritan’s Purse COO Edward Graham joined Cody on stage to obtain the award.
“I was just one of probably 100 helicopter pilots that showed up and answered the call to duty one more time for the devastation in North Carolina. A lot of civilian helicopters, a lot of active duty helicopter pilots and stuff… So I accept this award very humbly on behalf of all of them, because they did some great work out there,” he stated.
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With historic flooding and widespread devastation almost wiping out complete communities, volunteers rushed to the Tar Heel State to assist with rescue and restoration efforts.
Cody joined the checklist of volunteers, flying his helicopter to ship emergency provides to residents struggling within the western Appalachian area, together with mills, gas and blankets.
After accepting his award, Cody urged viewers to not “forget the people in North Carolina. Our work is not done there yet. Keep supporting them and keep them in their prayers.”
T2T STEPHEN SILLER BACK THE BLUE AWARD – JONATHAN DILLER
For the Diller household, a routine site visitors cease in March modified all the pieces. NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller was shot and killed in Queens allegedly by a suspect with greater than 20 prior arrests, prompting nationwide outrage.
Diller is survived by his 1-year-old son and spouse, Stephanie, who accepted the “T2T Stephen Siller Back the Blue Award” on her husband’s behalf.
“Tonight is especially special because I’m receiving this award from Stephen Siller. And looking at Stephen, a man who also lost his father and is up here supporting us, it gives me hope that my son will be okay,” Stephanie stated after receiving the award.
Man Rivera, 34, allegedly opened hearth throughout a site visitors cease carried out by Diller and his accomplice in Far Rockaway, Queens, on a automobile illegally parked at a bus cease again in March. Rivera, who was within the passenger seat, allegedly fired first at police, fatally putting Diller within the torso beneath his protecting vest.
Rivera was additionally struck by return hearth and was reportedly hospitalized. Like Rivera, the motive force of the automobile, 41-year-old Lindy Jones, additionally had at the very least 20 prior arrests, in keeping with New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams.
“Although we suffered this tragedy, we will not live a tragic life, and we will live a life that supports the legacy and the spirit of who Jonathan was,” Stephanie stated.
YOUNG PATRIOT AWARD – CAMERON BLASEK
Whereas solely a senior in highschool, Cameron Blasek stood his floor after college directors in St. Leon, Ind., reportedly tried to cease him from displaying the American flag earlier this 12 months.
Blasek’s dedication to the flag earned him the “Young Patriot Award,” introduced by “The Faulkner Focus” host Harris Faulkner and OutKick’s Tomi Lahren.
“I want to say that I’m humbled and proud to get this award tonight,” Blasek stated.
“I want to say to the brave men and women out there who serve our country, thank you. Your sacrifices are the true essence of patriotism. The sacrifices I made of willing to be suspended and possibly expelled from high school is nothing compared to them.”
Blasek proudly displayed an American flag on his truck for many of his senior 12 months, however he stated college directors instructed him it broke college guidelines and wanted to be eliminated.
The highschool senior refused to take down the flag, inspiring different college students to affix in displaying American flags. Blasek was even given a pink, white and blue truck from GCI Digital, a enterprise based mostly out of close by Cincinnati.
Blasek prolonged his due to a household in Oklahoma after accepting his award Thursday night time. The household from Hollis, Okla. had a 13-year-old battling most cancers who needed to take a trip in Blasek’s patriotic truck.
“He reached out and said that he wanted his final ride to be in my truck. So me and my father, we made that happen. We drove all the way down there and we did it. So I want to give a thank you to them for welcoming me into their lives.”
SALUTE TO SERVICE AWARD – PAULA PEDENE & DR. SAM FOOTE
Roughly a decade in the past, then-Veterans Affairs staff Paula Pedene and Dr. Sam Foote blew the whistle on the company for allegedly failing to serve the nation’s service women and men again.
Pedene and Foote got the “Salute to Service Award,” introduced by “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-hosts Will Cain and Rachel Campos-Duffy, to mark ten years since coming ahead.
“I think the VA is still at a crossroads,” Pedene stated, accepting the award on behalf of her and Foote.
“Our veterans deserve the best.”
The whistleblower colleagues not solely uncovered one of many largest scandals in VA historical past, but in addition prompted main reform making certain higher take care of future generations of veterans.
“To all the whistleblowers out there, it’s a good fight. It’s a tough one, but it’s a good one. We need truth. We need accountability. Thank you for what you do,” she added.
AWARD FOR SERVICE TO VETERANS – PAWS OF WAR
Paws of Struggle was awarded the “Service to Veterans Award” for serving to convey lots of of canines and cats, rescued by U.S. troops serving abroad, to security in America.
“I think that what people don’t realize is when a military member is serving overseas, they’re trained for a lot. They’re not trained to find this little puppy or a kitten that they fall in love with. And then they have to come back and there’s very little options for them to bring that animal back. And that’s what we do,” Paws of Struggle co-founder Robert Misseri stated throughout the Patriot Awards.
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The mission of the non-profit is to “alleviate the suffering of veterans, first responders and their families” by way of a variety of applications together with offering service canines. Because it was based in 2014, Paws of Struggle has served almost 1,000 veterans.
Misseri was joined on stage by Military Nationwide Guard Specialist Cameron Clay, who was shocked by a reunion with a canine he rescued whereas abroad.
“I don’t even know how to feel,” Clay stated, embracing his four-legged good friend. “So, so thankful to everyone involved. Paws of War and everyone on base who helped me through this whole process. It’s just amazing. I don’t even know what to think right now. It’s just so great. Thank you, everyone.”
CULTURE WARRIOR AWARD – KIRK CAMERON
Actor Kirk Cameron confronted an onslaught of pushback from libraries throughout the nation over his youngsters’s e-book As You Develop, sparking a nationwide motion in opposition to woke leisure for teenagers.
Cameron obtained the “Culture Warrior Award,” introduced by “The Story” anchor Martha MacCallum and Fox Information contributor Tyrus, commemorating his battle to defend conventional household values nationwide.
“I have a heart full of gratitude just to be counted together with you this evening for this important night of honoring people all over this country, these unsung heroes who are doing such important work. I think we all know that in order to shape the future, we have to get to the hearts and minds of our children and to the grandchildren,” Cameron stated.
Since releasing his youngsters’s e-book, Cameron has continued releasing books and hosted a “See You at the Library” occasion in August, which drew 30,000 individuals at libraries throughout the nation.
“I believe that God has given us a new day,” Cameron stated. “There is a spirit of hope and optimism that is in the air. We can see the future more clearly now. And I honestly believe that that heaven’s clocks keep perfect time. And the last four years have been a perfect window into the future we could have taken. And as a nation, I believe we really dodged a bullet.”
Cameron’s newest enterprise is a new Christian youngsters’s present billed because the “modern-day Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” in an effort to fight the present “woke” state of kids’s leisure.
AWARD FOR BRAVERY – CLARENCE MCCALLISTER
Earlier this 12 months, a deacon leaped into motion to cease a gunman who pointed a loaded gun at a pastor throughout a Sunday afternoon service.
63-year-old Clarence McCallister was honored with the “Award for Bravery” for his heroic and selfless actions defending the Pennsylvania preacher.
“In America here, we’re all heroes. We’re all heroes. We all have the heart to do whatever it takes that we need to do,” McCallister stated.
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McCallister was taping the service at Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock, Penn., when 26-year-old Bernard Well mannered approached the pulpit with a firearm pointed at Pastor Glenn Germany.
The deacon helped sort out the gunman, ultimately eradicating the weapon from his possession, till police arrived.
Germany shocked McCallister on stage, thanking the deacon for his selfless act.
“I thank God for protecting me and watching over me. I thank God for keeping this angel. Having him making sure that nothing happened to no one else inside our building,” Germany stated.
“The young man who attempted that, I forgave him. And it’s all about us loving these young men, young women whose going through mental illness. They need our help.”
AWARD FOR COURAGE – UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL PHI DELTA THETA FRATERNITY BROTHERS
Schools nationwide witnessed widespread and violent protests over the warfare in Israel. Within the midst of the chaos, members of the College of North Carolina’s Phi Delta Theta fraternity captured the eye of the nation by holding up the American flag as pro-Palestinian protesters tried to switch the Stars and Stripes with a Palestinian flag.
Two of the fraternity brothers, Guillermo Estrada and Alex Jones, obtained the “Award for Courage” for the group’s heroic act of patriotism.
“The outreach of support from not only the people that are here in this room, but across the nation has really been something that has been both inspiring and humbling,” Jones stated.
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After enduring almost an hour of screaming, slurring and flying objects, the fraternity brothers held up the fallen American flag till it might be restored. A GoFundMe was began to throw a celebration for the fraternities concerned, which raised over half 1,000,000 {dollars} by the point donations closed.
“We didn’t hesitate when we saw our flag being torn back down because this flag represents the beacon of hope that called my parents to this great country 20 years ago,” Estrada added. “The promise of liberty and prosperity that makes America a light to the world. That is what that flag represents. And to those – to those that still, for some reason questioned the meaning and importance of the flag. I invite you to sit down with families like mine from Goldsboro, North Carolina, family like Alex’s, and to listen to truly what the red, white and blue truly means to us once again.”
Fox Nation’s sixth installment of the Patriot Awards was an evening to bridge political gaps, unite behind a love of America and rejoice America’s on a regular basis heroes. For extra patriotic content material and to remain in-the-know for future awards, be a part of Fox Nation at present.
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Fox Information Digital’s Bradford Betz, Greg Wehner, Michael Ruiz, Danielle Wallace, Jasmine Baehr, Angelica Stabile, Courtney O’Brien, Kendall Tietz, Taylor Penley and Nikolas Lanum contributed to this report.
