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"Albuquerque firefighters are rallying to make a wish come true for one of their own who is dying of cancer.Gil Pohl's closest friends and fellow firefighters said he keeps a smile on his face all the time. They never knew he was battling colon cancer, until recently.\"He was trying to keep it from us,\" explained his lieutenant, Bryan Pacheco. \"He didn't want to trouble us.\"Pacheco found out a few weeks ago. He said Pohl was getting off of work, and mentioned he was on his way to the doctor's office to undergo tests. That's when Pohl learned his cancer is in stage four.\"We found out that he's terminal,\" Pacheco said.He was told he has about two years to live.\u00A0Pacheco has known him for more than 10 years, ever since Pohl was a cadet. He broke down during the interview with Action 7 News.\"This is hard (to talk about),\" he said.Pohl works out of Station 9 on Menaul near Eubank.Pacheco said his fellow firefighters always offer to help him, but Pohl doesn't ask for anything -- not even a ride to the doctor's office.But one day, Pohl was talking about his kids. He said he always wanted to take them to Disneyland.\"That's where this whole thing came about,\" Pacheco said. \"In an off-hand comment, you know, he said, 'I think I want to go to Disneyland.'\"\u00A0Pacheco said one day, a firefighter got the news his father had passed away and he had to fly an emergency trip home.\"Gil pulled out all of the cash from his wallet and gave it to him,\" he said.He said Pohl hoped it would help get him there.The firefighters union also has a survivor's fund for firefighters battling disease or injuries. Pohl offered his share to a younger firefighter recovering from a brain tumor.Now, Pacheco and the rest of the department are kicking off a fundraising effort to make Pohl's dying wish come true.\"We want to make some memories for these kids,\" Pacheco said. \"They're very young, you know. We want to make some memories for them. They're not going to have a dad in two years.\"After the segment on Pohl\u2019s Disney wish aired, people from New Mexico and across the country have helped push the fund to $5,000.They hope to raise a total $8,000.In addition to the donations, strangers are giving Pohl something priceless: prayers and wishes hoping Pohl will be alright.Pohl\u2019s friends have set a date to send him and his children to Disneyland: May 25."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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