Firefighter Mike Broderick has spent his whole life helping others. Now, his community and a local nonprofit are working to help him and his family.
DES MOINES, Iowa — This holiday season, a Des Moines family is getting a special gift.
Firefighter and Iraq War veteran Mike Broderick has stage four liver cancer after exposure to toxins overseas.
But his community is supporting him in this time of hardship.
“The family being able to take a deep breath and relax and appreciate each other and recover and move on from there, I feel it in my soul,” said Kim Vesey, Building Homes for Heroes president and general counsel. “It never gets old to see people take that deep breath.”
The nonprofit has worked since 2006 to gift homes to veterans returning home from service.
While originally founded in the aftermath of 9/11 to help support veterans, recently, the organization has …