Team Mildenhall Airman shares story of loss to raise awareness of childhood cancer

In October 2007, right before his 5th birthday, Ty Nordstrom was diagnosed with non-rhabdomyosarcoma cancer. Non-rhabdomyosarcoma is a soft-tissue sarcoma and it’s a cancer of the supporting tissues of the body, such as muscle, nerve or fat tissues. Ty died in November 2009, one month before his seventh birthday. Ty’s dad, Master Sgt. Lyle Nordstrom, 352nd Special Operations Group Inspector General superintendent from Iron River, Mich., shares the story of his loss to raise awareness of childhood cancer. (Courtesy photo)

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