By FireRescue1 Staff
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A teen fire explorer who is being treated for cancer is requesting support from fire departments in the form of T-shirt donations.
WGRZ reported that 16-year-old Timothy Richardson, a member of Hy-View Fire Company’s explorer program, hopes to have enough fire department T-shirts to last him through his month-long hospital stay while he is treated for T-cell leukemia.
“Timmy wants to be able to wear a different fire company’s shirt every day he is in the hospital,” Richardson’s mother, Deana, said on a Facebook page the family created to post updates on his treatment.
Fire departments have begun flooding Richardson with T-shirts since the post was created, and firefighters have visited him in the hospital as well.
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“I put the feelers out, town of Hamburg, town of Amherst, West Seneca, anybody that I knew and the outpouring has just been phenomenal,” Hy-View safety officer and explorer advisor Joe Lent said. “I didn’t expect anything less. Timmy’s going to have a lot of shirts to wear.”
“It’s a battle and I’m going to have to go through it,” Richardson said. “I’ve got a lot of support of the brotherhood from the fire department and my family is all pitching in to help. So it really helps. It really does.”
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