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Year Honored
2008
Honoree
Cheryl L Kiefer
Agency
Jackson Community Ambulance
Agency City
Ann Arbor
Agency State
MI
Last Call
1/26/08
Cause of Death
Struck at Scene
Biography
She was very patriotic and she seemed driven to serve people with great passion. She tried several careers before she started working as an emergency medical technician. "EMS was a perfect fit for her; she loved it; that was what she lived for". She had aspirations to become a paramedic and, ultimately a flight nurse.<br /> <br /> Cheryl Kiefer, 23, of Brooklyn, Michigan, was killed in the line of duty on January 26, 2008. She and another medic were on an ambulance returning to Jackson County when they observed an accident. They turned around to assist the accident victim when another car lost control and struck Kiefer. She was critically injured, and was pronounced deceased at the Trauma Center at the University of Michigan Hospital.<br /> <br /> Ms. Kiefer worked for Jack Community Ambulance for just over a year. She served in the U.S. Army and in the Marines; she is a former firefighter with the Columbia Township Fire Department in Brooklyn. Jackson Community Ambulance is a partnership between Huron Valley Ambulance in Ann Arbor and Foote Health System in Jackson.<br /> <br /> "It's just part of the danger of the job that no one really thinks about," said Kiefer's father, "she died trying to help someone else." She was taking classes at Jackson Community College and Kellogg Community College, with aspirations to go further in the medical field.<br /> <br /> She was not one to sit still; she always had to be on the go and loved helping people.<br /> <br /> Honored 2008