VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — For years, firefighter Matthew Gallina was exposed to the toxins from fires, both small and large, that put him at risk for a host of rare and deadly cancers.
First responders from across the region rushed to the Mayfair Mews Apartment complex in Virginia Beach on April 6, 2012, when a fighter jet slammed into the buildings. The fire was dubbed the Good Friday miracle; no one died.
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Since Gallina was part of the arson squad, he wasn’t assigned to the scene but had to dig through the scene after the incident.
“So if there is an arson, investigation, then my Matt would go out and dig through that scene, and there’s a multitude of cancer causing agents,” Gallina’s wife Michelle Gallina said…