RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Michael Rhodes still has a long road ahead to recovery, but today he says he's feeling much better.

"For it being almost a week from happening, I'm blessed to be where I am," Rhodes says.

A week that feels like a lifetime. Last Tuesday, Michael, a Raleigh firefighter, was working his second job for a tree-cutting service along Skycrest Drive when a car went around stopped traffic, hitting Michael.

"Walked out, reached up to grab a branch when I got struck, I don't remember being struck, but woke up to the first responders ," he says.

Luckily, his co-workers were EMT trained and stayed with him around the clock.

The driver, meanwhile, still hasn't been caught. Police have been sharing a picture of the Chrysler 200 with passenger side damage and a missing mi

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