Article: State trooper doesn't let cancer take happy moments from family

State police Sgt. Tom O'Connor is in the fight of his life.

The 41-year-old married father of two is battling an aggressive form of cancer that has spread throughout his body. Last year, complications from surgery after his first bout with cancer left him blind. And O'Connor, a 17-year veteran of the state police in Greensburg, has used up his sick leave and is navigating the process of obtaining a disability pension.

O'Connor and his wife, Jennifer, are running out of money. Jennifer O'Connor works part time as a nurse in the labor and delivery unit of Magee-Womens Hospital in Oakland but can't fit in additional shifts because she cares for her husband and their children, Ryan, 7, and ...

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