Overview
- The Detroit Fire Department honored Firefighter Donald Faulkner on Friday for pulling 52-year-old Latashia Collins from a burning SUV on the city’s west side.
- Body-camera video shows Faulkner breaking a rear window, climbing inside, unlocking a door, and helping his crew remove Collins after a Jan. 7 crash on Davison near Petoskey.
- Doctors say Collins suffered multiple fractures, extensive third-degree burns, and internal bleeding that led to several surgeries and a long stay in intensive care.
- Her surgeon, Dr. David Springstead at DMC Detroit Receiving, reports she recently took her first steps, and her family says she is expected to move to a rehabilitation center soon.
- At the ceremony, Collins’ daughter thanked Faulkner and the first responders and medical team for the actions that kept her mother alive.