Fort Osage Fire District Captain Craig Cook, right, shakes hands with Answering the Call founder Ronnie Doumitt during the ATCs first Resiliency Gala. Doumitt started the organization in 2015 to aid first responders and their families when sudden injury or illness forced them off the job. Cook, injured during brush fire in October 2022, was one of five Resiliency Award recipients. [Photo courtesy of Daniel Smith/ATC]
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net Ten years ago, when colleague Josh Ward fell gravely ill with a flesh-eating bacteria and was placed in a coma, Lee’s…
