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| Sandra Getzendiner |
Getzendiner was also among those honored. The others recipients credited with saving Getzendiner's life included Brittanie Evans, Caleb Hunter, James McMaken, Richard Richmond, and Vicki Schneider.
In making the presentation Piqua Police Officer David Short stated, "This incident not only affected those immediately involved, but also the entire community."
Getzendiner, 59, who spent nearly two-weeks at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, also received the award. During the attack she repeatedly told her approaching would-be rescuers "to stay away," said Short, to keep from being bitten.
Both owners of the dogs have criminal cases pending against them in Miami County Common Pleas Court in Troy.
The dogs were destroyed by police.
The award is named in honor of Piqua Policer Office Jan Mulder who, on August 11, 1970, gave of his life in the line of duty. He was shot and killed in the lobby of the Fort Piqua Hotel in downtown Piqua while checking out a suspicious individual. There was an exchange of gunfire. Both Mulder and his attacker were killed.
(WHIO - Dec 7, 2011)
