correctionA June 7 article in the Style section gave an incorrect age for the woman whom Lenny Skutnik helped rescue after the crash of an Air Florida plane into the 14th Street Bridge in 1982. She ...

Every year at about this time, the president, his cabinet, Congress, and the Supreme Court gather in the House chamber to honor the nation’s Lenny Skutnik winner. The president also gives a speech.

First Lady Michelle Obama receives applause prior to the start of President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech Jan 24, 2012 in Washington. Among the attendees is Admiral William McRaven who ...

If you've watched enough State of the Union addresses, you're likely familiar with this part of the speech — where the president highlights everyday citizens to make a broader point about the country.

It happens sometimes: Lenny Skutnik will be watching television at home in Lorton, and suddenly, there he is on the screen -- years younger -- a bystander leaping into the icy Potomac River to rescue ...

It was 4 p.m. on Jan. 13, 1982, and Lenny Skutnik was just trying to make his way home. It was snowing. Most of the city had left work early, and Skutnik’s was one of a slew of cars battling rush hour ...

Who will be this year’s Lenny Skutnik? Ever since January 1982, when Ronald Reagan paused during his first State of the Union address to point to the man who had pulled an Air Florida plane-crash ...