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Noah Cohen - our brother firefighter
Some of you may have seen on the news recently a story about an eight-year-old boy named Noah Cohen. Noah has dreamed of being a firefighter for years and in fact his dream is to work for his "favorite Fire Department". He wants to be a firefighter because he has grown up watching the same show most firefighters watched and had the same dream. He watches the Show Emergency!
Noah wants to work for our department, the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Noah wants to be a firefighter on Engine 51. Unfortunately Noah has been diagnosed with a rare condition called VACTERL association.
Over the past month, behind the scences, 1014 members, Chris Reade, Rick Flores, Randall Wright and Keith Mora have been working with the Make a Wish Foundation to help Noah have the experience only a few have. Noah and his family have traveled from Vermont a few days ago to experience what it is like to be a member of our department.
Today (and always) Noah will be one of us. Noah will be a firefighter on Engine 51. He will also have the chance to experience Squad 51. Noah will be at LA County Fire Station 127 (the home of the show) at 1300 hours.
He will be there with the original Engine 51 and Squad 51 (thank you 1014 member Paul Schneider, President, LA County Fire Museum). He will experience what it is like to walk in to the station and see what he has watched on television for years. He will experience what people from around the world have only dreamed of. He will get to do what we do as LA County firefighters everyday.
This will be a great day for a real hero. This will be a day that Noah and his family will remember forever. He has been doing the tourist things these last few days but to Noah, today is really all he wants. He wants to be a firefighter on Engine 51.
If you have the opportunity to join Noah and his family today PLEASE do. Help make his experience more amazing.
Join us at Fire Station 127 at 1300 hours. The address is: 2049 E. 223rd St, Carson, CA 90810.
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