A Coeur d'Alene firefighter's two-and-a-half-year-old son is in the fight of his life. Maddex McKeirnan has a form of cancer in the eye. Maddex's father Kellan grew up in Pomeroy, and knows the Garfield county firefighters well.
Firefighters from across the Inland Northwest have come together in support of one of their very own. Garfield County Fire District 1 joined in support, the same way all other fire crews have—with a pair of clippers and a razor.
"As most little boys, he loves trucks and cars and playing," says Linda McKeirnan, Maddex’s grandmother.
Maddex is as active and playful as they come. But in mid-March, he was dealt heartbreaking news—bilateral retinoblastoma, cancer in the back of his eyes.