Firefighter Peter Le was in a recent battle but he wasn't facing a raging blaze. It was cancer.
“I did feel symptoms about a year or two prior to the pain that I ignored because I thought it was due to weightlifting or other physical activities," Le said told 11 Alive.
He learned he had Stage 4 colon cancer. He underwent five months of chemotherapy and had surgery to remove a mass on his liver.
On his first shift back last week, he responded to a house fire.
Le was back doing what he loves -- saving lives and property, something he's been doing it for seven years.
“I would just say it's just like riding a bike. You don’t forget those things you trained on."
