PTing in the low 170s and I have gotten every single SA question wrong in this section and cannot really understand any of the explanations

I don't understand why Penn not saving a person's life doesn't disqualify him from the award. If the logic is that those who need do something this year that saved a life and exceed expectations should be eligible then wouldn't the contrapositive of that be that someone who did not do those things (AC E) should not be eligible?