Res­i­dents of Sea Lots cel­e­brat­ed long in­to the night yes­ter­day, af­ter two of their own were pre­sent­ed with na­tion­al awards for gal­lantry for res­cu­ing a po­lice of­fi­cer from a burn­ing car last Sep­tem­ber.

Cheers rang out and big smiles were ex­changed as Ter­rance David, 45, and De­shawn Hamil­ton, 29, col­lect­ed their award from Pres­i­dent Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, last evening.

The two re­ceived the Hum­ming­bird Medal Bronze for their hero­ic act on Sep­tem­ber 5, 2024, where they pulled the vic­tim from his car af­ter it burst in­to flames along Pro­duc­tion Av­enue, Sea Lots.