PLEASE DO CALL THE UNIFIED
POLICE AT THE NUMBER ON YOUR
SCREEN.
NEARLY 19 YEARS AFTER NFL
THE TRAGEDY STILL CONTINUES TO
UNFOLD FOR THE RESPONDER AS
GROUND ZERO.
ON SATURDAY, A FORMER SALT LAKE
UNIFIED FIREFIGHTER FROM
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS BECAME LATEST
VICTIM OF THE ATTACK.
UNIFIED FIRE AUTHORITY
COLLEAGUES REMEMBER CHRIS CAGE A
FIRE ENGINE DRIVER AND HONOR
GUARD VOLUNTEER A FATHER, A
GRANDFATHER, AND AN AVID SKIER.
GREAT HEART WONDERFUL ATTITUDE.
HE HAD SMILE THAT WAS ALMOST
INFECTIOUS.
CAPTAIN MIKE GREEN SIDES WERE
PART UTAH TASK FORCE 1 THAT WENT
TO GROUND ZERO TO RECOVER BODIES
FROM THE RUBBLE OF THE WORLD
TRADE CENTER.
BOTH MEN KNEW THAT THE AIR THEY
WERE BREATHING THERE WAS
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS PARTLY
BECAUSE OF ROHR HEN DOUSE
STENCH.
I SAID A CONVENTION OF ROTTING
MEAT THE MOST STINKEST GARBAGE
CAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE AND
REALLY STINKY BAR GARBAGE FIRE
WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE I WILL NEVER
FORGET THAT SMELL.
WE KNOW A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF
HAPPENING.
APPARENTLY CAGE BROUGHT HOME
MORE THAN MEMORIES.
THIS SUMMER CAGE EXPERIENCED
BACK PAIN AND WENT IN FOR TESTS.
DURING THOSE CANS THEY FOUND
OTHER AREAS THAT HAD TUMORS.
HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SMALL
CELL LUNG CANCER.
THE BAD THING WITH THIS CANCER
IS IT METASTASIZES VERY QUICKLY.
SIX WEEKS FROM WHEN HE LEARNED
HE HAD CANCER TO WHEN HE PASSED
AWAY.
VERY RAPID.
IT TURNS OUT THAT OTHER MEMBERS
OF TASK FORCE 1 HAVE ALSO BEEN
STRICKEN.
SALT LAKE CITY FIRE CAPTAIN
ROBIN PILL CHER DIED OF 9/11
RELATED PANCREATIC CANCER IN
2016.
WE'VE HAD OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD
PROSTATE, WHO AND OTHER BRAIN
TUORS GOING ON.
I MYSELF HAVE HAD KIDNEY CANCER.
LAST YEAR MAY 20TH I HAD MY LEFT
K
KIDNEY AND LARGE TUMOR REMOVED.
CAPTAIN SAYS HE'S HEALTHY NOW,
EXCEPT FOR THE PAIN OF LOSING
HIS FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE CHRIS
CAGE.
HE LOVED LIFE.
HE LOVED HIS FAMILY.
HE ITS WAS PRETTY EVIDENT THAT
HE HAD A GREATER SENSE OF DUTY.
