New York Naval Militia Sgt. Christopher Vega receives the New Yorik State Medal of Valor, the state's highest military award, from Naval Militia Rear Admiral Ten Eyck " Trip" Powell, during a ceremony on Wednesday, March 14 at Camp Smith Training Site in Cortlandt Manor, Vega saved the life of a man who almost lost his leg in a traffic accident on Jan. 4, 2018 ignoring the risk to his own life of downed power lines. ( Division of Military and Naval Affairs

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