New mural honors first responders, frontline workers, Detroiters lost to COVID
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DETROIT – A new mural was unveiled Sunday afternoon in Detroit that honors those lost to COVID.
In addition to first responders and frontline workers, it features a Detroit fire captain, police captain, DDOT driver and 5-year-old Skylar Herbert. The mural, located on West Seven Mile Road, is dedicated to keeping their memories alive.
“Captain Williams, when I Googled his name and I saw all the love and contributions that he gave to the community, this was something I really wanted to be a part of,” said artist Chazz Miller.
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The sun shined bright at exactly 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon when a brown curtain dropped from the side of the Arabic American and Chaldean Council s 55 W. 7 Mile Road building in Detroit to unveil a towering Black man in a blue firefighter’s Class A uniform.
Detroit Fire Capt. Franklin Williams, covered with images of Detroit first responders and front line workers, looked out from the wall to face his former workplace: Engine 44, Ladder 18.
The mural, prominently featuring Williams as the first Detroit firefighter to die from COVID-19, was unveiled the day before Memorial Day a day used to honor service members who died in the line of duty to honor the memory of front-line workers who died from COVID-19.
5-year-old COVID-19 victim Skylar Herbert honored in naming ceremony at DPD headquarters
By Charlie Langton and David Komer online producer
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The Detroit Public Safety Headquarter dedicated the Police Board of Commissioners room, the Skylar Herbert room.
Detroit police HQ room renamed after youngest COVID-19 victim
The Detroit Public Safety Headquarter dedicated the Police Board of Commissioners room, the Skylar Herbert room.
She was diagnosed in March 2020 with Covid and then developed a rare form of meningitis and swelling of the brain - which would cause her death a month later. She was the daughter of two first responders. I am just really grateful that you all did this for my baby. We are very humbled by this, said LaVondria Herbert, her mother.
5-year-old girl who died from COVID honored at Detroit Public Safety Headquarters
Skylar Herbert was Michigan’s first child to die from complications from coronavirus
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Both of her parents are first responders in Detroit.
April 20, 2020:
The Detroit Police and Fire departments came together Wednesday to do something to keep Skylar’s memory alive for years to come.
At the Detroit Public Safety Headquarters on 3rd Avenue, people gathered to honor the life of a young girl whose death reminded the country to take coronavirus seriously.
Inside of the Detroit Public Safety Headquarters is the Michigan Room. The space, where all of the public events are held, has been renamed the Skylar Room.