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Doctors gave him a 1% chance to live. Now he’s a professional firefighter.

Five years after a traumatic brain injury, Jimi King works full time for the Timberline Fire Protection District

Jimi King serves as a fulltime firefighter for the Timberline Fire Protection District and works from the firehouse in Black Hawk. Following a brain injury sustained in 2017, King spent three months at Craig Hospital, where he re-learned how to walk, talk and feed himself.(Kathryn Scott. special to The Denver Post)
Jimi King serves as a fulltime firefighter for the Timberline Fire Protection District and works from the firehouse in Black Hawk. Following a brain injury sustained in 2017, King spent three months at Craig Hospital, where he re-learned how to walk, talk and feed himself.(Kathryn Scott. special to The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - JANUARY 13 : Denver Post's John Meyer on Monday, January 13, 2014. (Photo By Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post)
By | jmeyer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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