Local 'climb' focuses on lung diseases
Local ‘climb’ focuses on lung diseases Published: Tags: 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 Ch...