SHANE CRONLEY PART 2

HONOR ACROSS ARMS

In the fall of 1996 Shane took a job in a factory that made plastic yard decorations (i.e. pink flamingos). He was put on third shift which went from 11 PM to 7 AM. Even though it was fall time it was miserably hot. The guys he worked with were former felons and listening to his coworkers complain about life woke him up to the real world.

One morning, he punched out at 7 AM and never went back. Shane went on to join the military the next year and became a firefighter EMT until 2001. After he was Honorably discharged from the Air Force he worked as a civilian firefighter for the Navy for a year before working in Afghanistan.

In 2006 Shane first started experiencing symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis but was able to combat it for 10 years with diet changes and medication.

After leaving Afghanistan, Shane ran his own home remodeling business from then worked as a contract firefighter in Kuwait which was by far his favorite job. The men and women he worked with were both great workers and friends.

Shane met his wife in the summer of 2010 and in March 2011 took a job as a fire inspector in Ohio. In 2014 he applied for a job as a firefighter near his wife’s home town in Florida.

Unfortunately, in 2016 the pain and swelling from his RA got so bad that he was forced to medically retire.

Growing up Shane struggled with dyslexia but he still enjoys reading and writing books is a challenging but fun experience.