A GROUP of four Gold Coast residents who plucked two elderly people from a sinking car have been honoured for their bravery. Steven Price, John Chambers, Evan Dalton and Tanya Mathews wrenched open the doors and freed the couple before the car sank to the bottom of the canal in 2012. They are just some of the 30 Queenslanders who've been honoured for bravery this year. Four navy officers who winched a man to safety in the Lockyer Valley floods received a group bravery citation. And three young Palm Island boys who helped wrest a girl from the hands of an offender also received a group bravery citation. Harry Friday, Ralph Hughes, and Carey Nugent - who were 11, 12, and 15 at the time - were lured back to the man's house, but when he didn't let the girl go, the boys pulled her to safety.