S-OIL, '2024 Citizen Hero of the Year' Awards Ceremony

Since 2008, the 'Righteous Citizen Hero Guardian' Campaign

140 Million KRW Prize Awarded to 17 Citizen Heroes

Two Teachers and Students from Ilsan Middle School, Dong-gu, Ulsan Also Selected

S-OIL, together with the Korea National Council on Social Welfare (Chairman: Kim Seong-i), held the ‘2024 Citizen Hero of the Year Awards Ceremony’ on the 14th at its headquarters in Gongdeok-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, presenting plaques and a total prize money of 140 million KRW to 17 Citizen Heroes of the Year who demonstrated righteous self-sacrifice to save neighbors in danger.

S-OIL held the '2024 Citizen Hero of the Year Awards Ceremony' on the 14th at its headquarters in Gongdeok-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, and took a commemorative photo with the Citizen Hero awardees. Photo by S-OIL

In January, S-OIL awarded the late Gwak Han-gil, who died after being hit by a 16-ton truck while rescuing the driver of a 4-ton cargo truck that had overturned after hitting a highway guardrail on the Gyeongbu Expressway in Cheonan, Chungnam, and Lee Hee-seong, who prevented a traffic accident by climbing onto a runaway truck with failed brakes, stepping on the brake to stop the vehicle but suffered a fractured ankle in the process. Prizes and plaques were given to one deceased hero, one injured hero, and 15 active heroes.

In the Ulsan region, librarian teacher Kim Myeong-ji and two students, Heo Seung-bin and Kim Do-yeon, from Ilsan Middle School in Dong-gu, Ulsan, were selected as Citizen Heroes of the Year.

Librarian Kim Myung-ji and two students, Heo Seung-bin and Kim Do-yeon, from Ilsan Middle School in Dong-gu, Ulsan, have been selected as participants in the S-OIL 2024 'Citizen Hero of the Year' program and are posing for a commemorative photo. Photo by S-OIL

On October 12, 2023, they witnessed a citizen collapsing from cardiac arrest on a road near Ilsan Middle School in Dong-gu, Ulsan. They called 119, brought an automated external defibrillator from a nearby administrative welfare center, and together with the librarian teacher who witnessed the event, performed CPR to restore the citizen’s spontaneous breathing before handing them over to 119.

S-OIL CEO Al Hizaji said, “Citizens who have shown self-sacrifice for neighbors in danger are the true heroes of our society,” adding, “Like these hidden heroes, S-OIL will also strive to be a reliable guardian you can trust.”

Since 2008, S-OIL has discovered a total of 325 Citizen Heroes over 17 years, awarding approximately 2.4 billion KRW in prize money and supporting those who have demonstrated brave civic spirit by saving neighbors in dangerous situations.