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Boy with cerebral palsy honored as ‘youngest firefighter in Yonkers history’

Anthony Ralph Piacente, a 5-year-old living with spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy, had his dream of becoming a firefighter come true.

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May 22, 2022, 8:31 PM

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Updated 1,161 days ago

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