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Jim Hickey is shown here with 5-year-old Paishence Hansen of Cozad. Hickey was in the midst of walking from Scottsbluff to Omaha raising money and awareness for Hansen’s fight with cancer, when he learned during a stop in Aurora that he had been diagnosed with cancer himself.

Jim Hickey is shown here with 5-year-old Paishence Hansen of Cozad. Hickey was in the midst of walking from Scottsbluff to Omaha raising money and awareness for Hansen’s fight with cancer, when he learned during a stop in Aurora that he had been diagnosed with cancer himself.

NY man’s cancer walk takes a fateful turn in Aurora

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
A former Marine from New York hit a road block last week in Aurora in the midst of a 450-mile walk to raise money for a little girl from Cozad battling cancer. Jim Hickey has a soft spot in his heart for kids like Paishence Hansen, a 5-year-old who inspired his journey from Scottsbluff to Omaha.