Burlington firefighter raises mental health fundraiser goal to $40K
Ryan Gallagher lost his father when he was 16 years-old.
“He actually dropped in front of me and I had to give him CPR and unfortunately he didn’t make it,” Gallagher says.
“That kind of set me on a path where I had to battle a lot of demons, I guess we’ll call it substance abuse issues and fast forward now, I’m almost two years sober.”
While Gallagher was saving lives as a firefighter he was still battling his own mental health and reaching out for help is what brought him back on track. Now he wants to give back to the community by doing something that helped him.