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The Associated Press
PATERSON, N.J. – Nearly a year after a city doctor said an amputated leg was the only reason Isaac Feliciano wasn\’t fit to become a firefighter, he got clearance to pursue his boyhood dream.
A state panel on Wednesday ordered that Feliciano be allowed to enter training as a Paterson firefighter despite losing his left leg below the knee as a young child.
His hometown department had balked at hiring the amputee in April when the city\’s medical consultant ruled Feliciano was not \”physically capable.\”Read more
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