Carnegie Hero award medal, which was honored posthumously to Vacaville resident Mir Khaled Ahmad, (Photo courtesy of Carnegie Hero Fund Commission)

A late Vacaville man has been named a Carnegie Hero for saving the life of his son from drowning in the American River, according to the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, which gives the honor.

Mir Khaled Ahmad, who was 41 years old when he jumped into the American River near Kyburz in El Dorado County, is among 18 people who received the award in 2019.

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Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.