Lifesaving medals for teachers at Viertola school

The President awarded two teachers for their resourceful actions in the Vantaa school shooting.

The President of the Republic, Alexander Stubb, has awarded life-saving medals to teachers Sanna Syvänen and Aino Haverinen-Dudle of the Viertola School in Vantaa.

Teachers were rewarded for their resourceful actions in the Vantaa school shooting, which left one student dead and two seriously injured.

The Lifesaving Medal is awarded for an act of great courage or at the risk of one’s own life that has saved the life of another person.

The President of the Republic, Alexander Stubb, has awarded the Life Saving Medal to two teachers from the Viertola School in Vantaa for their actions during the school shooting.

The Ministry of the Interior reports on this in its press release.

The lifesaving medal will be awarded to hero teachers Sanna Syvänen and Aino Haverinen-Dudle from Viertola School.

A 12-year-old boy died in a school shooting. Two girls of the same age were seriously injured.

According to the police, the suspect in the Viertola school shooting intended to shoot several children, but the teacher’s actions in the classroom changed the situation.

A teacher from a parallel class was called to the scene to assist, and by talking, he managed to get the suspect to stop shooting and leave the school.

The police have described the teacher’s actions as cold-blooded and determined.

A total of seven lifesaving medals were awarded.

In addition to the teachers from Viertola School, the medal will also be awarded to Sami Hamilo, Miska Rosenberg, Emily Keränen, Jan Strandholm and Caspian Chryssanthou.

The Life-Saving Medal is a recognition of an act of great courage, resourcefulness, or risking one’s own life to save another person’s life from imminent danger.

The medal is often awarded to a person who has risked their own life to save another person.

The Lifesaving Medal Committee considered a total of 85 proposals.