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This six-year-old girl celebrated her final chemotherapy treatment in style — being escorted to the hospital in a fire truck with her own brigade of firefighters by her side.
Her parents had always taught Finley Brown and her brother to thank firefighters, police, and service members for keeping them safe whenever the kids saw them.
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The little girl did exactly that when she ran into a group of firefighters in her hometown of Moraga, California.
The crew chatted with Finley who was optimistic and bright while explaining her cancer treatments.
It so inspired them that Lucas Lambert and his fellow firefighters held a fundraiser to pay for her family to go to Disneyland after chemotherapy was done — and arranged to surprise her with her special ride to the last session.
"They've just been incredible, fireman Lucas in particular," her mother, A.J. Brown told TODAY. "Like we didn't have enough reasons to love firemen already!"
(WATCH the video from A.J. Brown below) — Photo: A.J. Brown
LAST CHEMO BABY!!
Posted by A.J. Robinson Brown on Monday, December 21, 2015
LAST CHEMO BABY!!
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