Well-Deserved Award
Anyone who saw video of what these people did would agree this is a well-deserved award. They showed exceptional courage and skill to rescue people from rooftops.

From the ABC

Flood rescue wins chopper crew an international award

A Queensland rescue helicopter team has received a major international award for its work during the deadly flash floods in January.

The Emergency Management Queensland crew saved 43 people in the Lockyer Valley, in southern Queensland, after a wall of water devastated the region.

They have received the 'Rescue of the Year' award at a conference in the United States.

Brisbane-based pilot Peter Row led the operation and accepted the award in Florida.

He says they have dedicated the win to the survivors and those killed in the floods.