Each hero or survivor receives a $2,500 cash reward and medal.
Four survivors received first degree burns from contact with jet fuel in the water.
Black survivors of the massacre finally received reparations in 1993.
The initial survivors received the first bone marrow transplant in Europe.
It is not known if his survivors received the medal posthumously.
The survivors received no compensation from the Italian state after the war.
Under current law, the higher a person's rank the more benefits his survivors receive.
Each hero or the hero's survivors receives $2,500 and a medal.
The survivors send a distress call and receive a reply from a patrol shuttle.
The survivors have received an outpouring of good will and financial assistance from other sources in the local community.
