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<p>Jose Cordero says he wanted to be a firefighter since he was 7 years old, when he saw rescuers save an elderly woman from his burning apartment building. </p>

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<p>Jose Cordero says he wanted to be a firefighter since he was 7 years old, when he saw rescuers save an elderly woman from his burning apartment building. </p>