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During the memorial, fire commissioner Eric Jones announced the newest fireboat, one that is faster and equipped with the latest technology to respond quickly and more effectively in searches, will be named after Johnson.
- 1 2 "A Hero's Honor: Detroit Fireboat Named For Sergeant Who Drowned In Belle Isle Rescue". Deadline Detroit . 2020-09-01. Archived from the original on 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
Admirers spoke Monday outside Detroit Public Safety Headquarters during a memorial ceremony (videos below) where Fire Commissioner Eric Jones said a new fireboat is named in his honor, Ariana Taylor reports for The News, which has a gallery of 24 photos.
- ↑ Allyson Waller (2020-08-23). "Detroit Firefighter Dies Trying to Save Girls From Drowning". The New York Times . p. A17. Archived from the original on 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
Sgt. Sivad Johnson, 49, a 26-year veteran of the Detroit Fire Department, was visiting Belle Isle, a 982-acre island park in the Detroit River, with his 10-year-old daughter, Hayden, on Friday evening when he heard witnesses say three young girls were drowning, said Eric Jones, the Detroit fire commissioner.
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'He and two other civilians heard either one child or up to three children struggling in the water,' Detroit Fire Department Executive Fire Commissioner Eric Jones told WDIV. 'Sgt. Johnson, along with other civilians, entered the water to make a rescue of the children.'
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It is believed Johnson may have been dragged underwater by a rip current.
- ↑ Sivad Johnson (2019-04-16). "To Bravely Do or Bravely Die". The Moth (podcast) . Archived from the original on 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
Sivad Johnson takes us behind the scenes of the Detroit Fire Department.
- ↑ Chanel Stitt (2020-08-24). "Detroit firefighter Sivad Johnson remembered as great father, artist, storyteller". Detroit Free Press . Retrieved 2020-09-23.
'I didn't have much in common with him in a lot of ways, but he was a true artist in that he was able to show that we are all connected,' Wheeler said. 'Sivad touched me and touched every person who heard his story deeply. His message of making every day a good day is going to live on in all of us.'
- ↑ Shawn Ley (2020-09-11). "Detroit fire boat named in honor of fallen firefighter Sivad Johnson". Click on Detroit . Detroit. Archived from the original on 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
Sivad was named after his mother. His mother's maiden name was Davis, and Sivad is Davis spelled backyards. It was her way of keeping that name with him.