Three Tennessee priests have received the U.S. Citizen's Award for Bravery for saving a father and two of his children from plunging over a waterfall during a hiking vacation in Glacier National Park in Montana in 2002

National Catholic Reporter, April 1, 2005

Three Tennessee priests have received the U.S. Citizen's Award for Bravery for saving a father and two of his children from plunging over a waterfall during a hiking vacation in Glacier National Park in Montana in 2002. The Department of Interior presents the award "to private citizens for heroic acts or unusual bravery in the face of danger." Honored were Frs.

Vann Johnston and John and Kevin Dowling, who are brothers.