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New Jersey Make-A-Wish Foundation helps 9-year-old boy become firefighter

MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- The New Jersey Make-A-Wish Foundation helped a 9-year-old boy's dream come true Tuesday.

A surprise parade was thrown for Antonio, from Camden. He marched with more than 100 firefighters before he became New Jersey's newest firefighter.

Wearing his turnout gear, he went on a ladder truck to rescue a princess from the balcony of the Make-A-Wish castle in Monroe Township.

Antonio, who has courageously battled a life-threatening medical condition, was up to the task on his first day on the job.

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