Detroit Man Honored Posthumously for Heroic Sacrifice

Marsalis Quintin Carter, a 20-year-old from Detroit, tragically drowned on July 20 while heroically saving two co-workers from drowning in Taylor Lake, Rose Township. Carter, a moving company employee, was on a break and swimming with co-workers when he noticed one struggling to stay afloat and helped them back to the boat. He then reentered the water to save another co-worker but, likely exhausted, went underwater and did not resurface. After a 13-hour search, divers recovered his body 300 feet from shore. In recognition of his bravery, the Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard posthumously honored Carter with a citizen citation, presented to his mother. The sheriff emphasized that while the award cannot erase the family's grief, it acknowledges Carter's selfless sacrifice.