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NM firefighters win Mega Millions, help to save colleague’s life

5 Albuquerque firefighters bought ticket 10 min before sales closed

By KASA News via Huffington Post

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A group of firefighters that won $10,000 in the Mega Millions lottery said that they will be donating part of their winnings to help save the life of one of their colleagues, KOB reports.

In a last-minute attempt to snag the $640 million dollars up for grabs last week, five firefighters at the Albuquerque Fire Department in New Mexico decided -- 10 minutes before sales closed -- to buy a few lottery tickets.

With astronomical odds stacked against them, no one was expecting much.

“We were just eating dinner and I had forgotten all about it because what are your chances of winning?” Lt. Steve Keffer told KASA.

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