article_snippet.sent: Terry McCarty has now overcome Terry McCarty terrible injuries and cruel taunts from bullies by becoming a firefighter (right) after refusing to let 'fear take over my life' Endured 58 operations:
article_snippet.sent: Terry McCarty applied to a Washington fire service in October 2011.
article_snippet.sent: After Terry McCarty application was accepted in April 2012, Terry McCarty faced 12 weeks of gruelling training, where Terry McCarty confronted fire for the first time since Terry McCarty accident. '
article_snippet.sent: Terry McCarty applied to the fire service in October 2011 and passing Terry McCarty training in July the following year .
article_snippet.sent: Terry McCarty said: 'As part of my training I had to complete a live fire exercise, where fire is made using propane in an artificial setting. '
article_snippet.sent: Having spent two years as a firefighter, Terry McCarty quit the force to work with the Burned Children Recovery Foundation at Camp Phoenix, a programme in Bellingham, Washington, supporting children with burns.
article_snippet.sent: Terry McCarty said: 'Fire robbed me of my childhood - I wanted to give children a chance to experience being a kid, even for a short time.'