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The Grand Blanc Stake Center was engulfed in flames, but an emergency room doctor ran back inside.
Then he did it again. And again.
Dr. Bridger Frampton, his wife and five children were worshipping in the chapel when Thomas Sanford slammed his truck into the wall behind the pulpit, entered the building, set it on fire and started shooting at members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
A fourth-year resident at nearby Henry Ford Genesys Hospital, Frampton is wired to help, say the ER nurses who watch him work every day.
“If you could morph somebody into being the best person alive, it’s him,” said Elyse Vinson, a registered nurse in the medical ICU at Genesys Hospital.
Nurses who are on strike stood in a picket line outside Genesys Hospital and shared stories with the Deseret News about Frampton’s heroics.
They also talked about the gunshot wounds sustained by a second Latter-day Saint ER doctor, Jared Hicken, and his 6-year-old daughter.
Victims killed, injured in the Michigan church attack
The Deseret News has confirmed that the following were killed in the attack:
- Craig Hayden, 78, a former Latter-day Saint bishop, father and grandfather.
- John Bond, 77, a U.S. Navy veteran and grandfather.
- Thelma Armstrong, a mother who attended the church service with her daughter.
- Pat Howard, 77, a husband.
The Deseret News also has identified six Latter-day Saints who suffered gunshot wounds in the assault:
- Ben Phelps remains hospitalized.
- His son, D’Artagnan Phelps, 6, was shot in the arm and has returned home.
- Greg Mikat was shot three times and remains hospitalized.
- Jeff Kubiak was shot in the leg.
- Dr. Jared Hicken, another ER doctor, was struck in the thigh.
- His 5-year-old daughter, Piper Hicken, was hit in the back.
Three people suffered smoke inhalation. Two were treated and released.
Frampton was the third. He is still in the hospital.
Frampton and Hicken are native Utahns who earned undergraduate degrees from BYU.
Their bravery in the face of danger doesn’t surprise their colleagues.
“He wasn’t going to not run in there,” Vinson said of Frampton. “That’s not him. He’s not going to stand by the wayside. He is going to push in effect for change and help people. That’s just him. He’s amazing.”
Frampton, who grew up in Springville, went into the building to retrieve some of his five children and to help other victims, Vinson said.
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