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DC firefighters visit sick boy in hospital

WASHINGTON — An 8-year-old receiving treatment at a hospital gets a surprise courtesy of firefighters from Louisiana and D.C.

Hunter Scarborough’s dream is to be a firefighter. The little boy from Fordoche, Louisiana, is at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital to receive a small and large bowel transplant.

His friends at the fire department in Fordoche reached out to the fire department in D.C. and asked them to pay Hunter a visit.

Watch a video of the visit:

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