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FDNY firefighter saves 6-year-old's life
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Bone marrow donation gives child second chance
- Duration 2:03
- Date Jan 26, 2012
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The fire department headquarters here was the setting for a deeply touching reunion.
Between a six year old girl from Iowa and the hero firefighter was gift of bone marrow saved her life.
There's no it's tough to tell him a great fire.
Which is here because.
So.
A Lisa -- rose Williams is only six years old but already she's gone through so much.
To open heart surgeries by the time she was two years old and she still badly -- rare blood disease.
In 2009.
She turned -- corner.
When a complete stranger firefighter James wilds donated his bone marrow now three years later he was able to see the positive impact of his generosity.
To meter it's it's you can't Scruggs feelings -- feeling in the world know that.
You've donated.
-- your matches somebody and that is.
And actually help -- -- war.
Police say twelve -- brother CJ and her parents flew to New York to see firefighter while some five other members of the bravest.
Honored for -- lifesaving donations her mom says because of him her daughter finally has a chance at a normal childhood.
Just because the transplant and he's not gotten.
But.
As far as the life threatening -- at this point she's it's going to school she just lost you know kids know that I'm -- -- an alarm.
Police his father -- utility company construction worker says is Stanley is overwhelmed that people they don't even know.
Are helping them have more precious time with a -- I'm grateful for everybody -- is awesome.
People don't realize that you.
All these people stepped up -- you know it's.
-- which -- in thank you.
Fighting back his tears -- father told me that the doctors warned him he would probably outlive his little girl.
But for now he says he's taking a one day at a time and he's just happy that their family will be able to celebrate her seventh birthday on Valentine's Day.
In downtown Brooklyn I'm Lisa Evers Fox 5 News.
