Young Liam loved Orange and liked to wear ties. To his firehouse friends He was one of the guys.
He had his own locker a slicker and hat. He also had cancer, and a bad one at that.
From early on in his life he fought neuroblastoma ; An invasive tumor a metastatic carcinoma.
His family who loved him labored to save their dear little child Prince Liam the Brave.
He faced surgery bravely, engaged in his fight.. He endured radiation Chemo and knife.
When many a New Yorker complains about stress, Prince Liam was stoic When put to the test.
Then just before Christmas he suffered a relapse He became neutrapenic- His immune system collapsed.
With blood in his ***** And a spot on his lung Liam grew weak. his defenses undone.
An Amethyst stone he received from a friend was his talisman of hope that he held to the end.
The worst part of the journey was when hope was gone. Then Liam lay, still and silent in his mother's arms.
There are brave fire fighters Whoβll be fighting back tears Brave Prince Liam has died, He lived only six years
There are many old people still avoiding the grave Who know less about love Than did Liam the brave
We will gather together In St Francisβ nave To remember the life of Prince Liam the brave
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When Liam Witt was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer at 33 months of age, his parents began calling him Prince Liam the Brave. After they moved Liam and his little sister Ella from New Jersey to New York to be closer to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, firefighters down the block saw a kindred spirit. The men of Ladder Co. 24 and Engine Co. 1 made Liam an official firefighter and even gave him an equipped locker inside their firehouse on W. 31st St. As Liam underwent surgeries and was treated with chemotherapy and radiation for four years, his irrepressible spirit inspired friends to help his parents, Gretchen and Larry, start the foundation Cookies for Kids' Cancer. It has raised an astonishing $2.5 million for pediatric cancer research, mostly from small bake sales and the charity's online cookie orders. "He never became 'that sick kid,'" said Fraya Berg, a family friend. "He never lost himself in the disease. He was just a kid who was sick."