![Owensboro Firefighter Loses Battle with Cancer](http://townsquare.media/site/76/files/2017/03/McCrady-David1.jpg?w=630&h=787&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89&w=980&q=75)
Owensboro Firefighter Loses Battle with Cancer
I'm not a fan of writing a blog like this, but when a good man like David McCrady, beloved by so many, loses a hard-fought battle with cancer, a tribute is required.
David was a battalion chief with the Owensboro Fire Department.
Firerescue1.com posted a story from the Messenger-Inquirer when he retired after being diagnosed with brain cancer in 2013.
I did not know David well, but I knew him.
And what I DID know is what everyone knew--that he was just one of the best people you'd ever want to meet.
There have been tributes to that effect posted on Facebook throughout the day:
It is with a heavy heart that we mourn the loss of Ret. Battalion Chief David McCrady. Chief McCrady positively impacted...
Posted by Airport Sorgho Fire Department on Wednesday, March 15, 2017
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