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DHS honors heroic employees with Valor Awards

The Homeland Security Department honored 11 employees and two local law enforcement officers for their heroic efforts on and off the job.

Federal News Network Staff

May 15, 2015 1:54 pm

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Above and Beyond ... Transportation Security Officer Carol Richel, left, distracted a deranged, machete-wielding man from attacking passengers at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans. She sustained a gunshot wound, but returned to work the next day.

(Photo by Michael O'Connell/Federal News Radio)

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