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Local ‘climb’ focuses on lung diseases
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – According to the American Lung Association, nearly 37 million Americans live with a chronic lung disease, from asthma to lung cancer.
A South Florida firefighter is leading the way in an effort to raise funding and awareness to help combat lung disease.
In his career as a firefighter, Peter Berger has faced many challenges but he never gave much thought to his own health until 2008.
“I started to feel, I guess, ill and I couldn’t catch my breath,” he said.
Berger was subsequently diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD.