Seven-year-old Penny Saltray got the chance to become an honorary firefighter for the city.
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"This was my dream all along, and my dream has come true by the firefighters," Penny said.
She was sworn in Tuesday night during a city council meeting by the Hanford fire chief.
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The special moment was also bittersweet, as Saltray fights a tough battle against a one-of-a-kind chromosome deletion that essentially causes her autism to shut her body down.
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Fire officials tell Action News Penny's condition is so rare there is no other person in the world with her diagnosis.
Without knowing what the future holds for the 7-year-old, Hanford firefighters wanted to make her dream of becoming a firefighter a reality.