# Ignacio Echeverria to be awarded George Medal **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignacio-echeverria-to-be-awarded-george-medal/822803 "2018-10-11T14:29:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignacio-echeverria-to-be-awarded-george-medal/822803/1 "2018-10-11T14:29:34Z")
This is the man who [confronted armed terrorists](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/11/skateboarder-attacked-london-bridge-terrorists-given-posthumous) with a skateboard. > [@Telegraph](#): > > Ignacio Echeverria is going to be The George Medal for “confronting armed terrorists in order to protect others at London Bridge” in a ceremony at the Palace on Thursday. Wikipedia has an article on the George Medal [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Medal). A brave man. How sad that the medal is posthumous. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignacio-echeverria-to-be-awarded-george-medal/822803/2 "2018-10-12T17:49:49Z")
Spanish news always say “the skateboard hero”, partly because his name is one of the Basque “Joe Smith”, and partly because he hadn’t been carrying ID so he became famous under that name before he could be identified. His parents are super-nice people. Every time I see his dad on TV saying things along the lines of “we miss him but he made us proud”, I feel like saluting. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignacio-echeverria-to-be-awarded-george-medal/822803/3 "2018-10-12T21:59:49Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Spanish news always say “the skateboard hero”, partly because his name is one of the Basque “Joe Smith”, and partly because he hadn’t been carrying ID so he became famous under that name before he could be identified. > > His parents are super-nice people. Every time I see his dad on TV saying things along the lines of “we miss him but he made us proud”, I feel like saluting. I heard his dad’s statement and thought it was wonderful. It was along the lines of “we don’t think any more of him because of this award as we already thought so much of him” as if they were already certain of the sort of person he was, as it turned out they were, sadly and happily, absolutely right. A brave man and worthy of the award