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Article: FIREFIGHTER FAN SITTING PRETTY; BOY, 6, DONATES MONTHLY TO EAST SYRACUSE FIRE UNIT.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- February 21, 2004
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Byline: Jim McKeever Staff writer
From the look on his face, Daniel Green Jr. could have been sitting on top of the world.
The 6-year-old got a treat recently at the East Syracuse Fire Department, when he was allowed to sit in the driver's seat of the department's new ladder truck.
It's a fairly high perch for a first-grader, but Daniel wasn't scared. He loves to climb, his parents said - no surprise, given the Spiderman hat and gloves he wore. But not just any 6-year-old gets to sit at the wheel of Truck 2.
Daniel may be the fire department's biggest fan, and he's definitely its youngest financial supporter.
Every few ...