Firemen respond to special call-out

Firemen responded to a very special call-out at the weekend to help a colleague whose son has a chronic kidney disease.

Firemen respond to special call-out

They took a vintage fire-truck to a major fundraiser outside Cork to support fire-fighter, Steven O’Brien, whose son, Aidan, is being treated for focal segmental glomerularscelerosis (FSGS) — severe scarring of the tissue in the filtering units of the kidney.

“We were absolutely overwhelmed by the response from people,” said Steven, a member of Cork City Fire Brigade’s Amber Watch. “Aidan is one of just a handful of people here with the severe form of the condition.

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