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New mural honors first responders, frontline workers, Detroiters lost to COVID

New mural honors first responders, frontline workers, Detroiters lost to COVID Tags:  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.

Mural honors front-line Detroiters killed by COVID-19

View Comments 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.

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