Atlanta firefighter diagnosed with rare eye cancer [Video]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data suggests there’s an increased risk of firefighters developing cancer. An Atlanta firefighter is facing her toughest battle yet after being unexpectedly diagnosed with a rare form of the disease last month. 

Lt. Erin McMillion told FOX 5 she and her wife were stunned by the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosis she received last month because she has always been a healthy person. While she is now fighting for her health, she said she is grateful she is not in the fight alone. 

“There hasn’t been a day since I’ve been going through this that I haven’t heard from one of my brothers or sisters from the fire department,” she said in an interview on Easter Sunday. 

For McMillion, who over the last 14 years has worked as a paramedic and firefighter with Atlanta Fire Rescue, the desire to serve others has always been second nature. 

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