Birmingham Fire Chief Cory Moon and Older Brother Share Gift of Love and Gift of Life

By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times As a longtime city of Birmingham firefighter and now chief of the City of Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service (BFRS), Cory D. Moon is used to saving lives. But one life that he’s saved is special to his family — his brother Rodney’s, he said. The selfless act didn’t come on a call into a city neighborhood, it came at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital, where Cory donated a kidney to his older brother 22 years ago. Cory, left, and Rodney Moon grew up in Birmingham’s West End. (Provided) “My brother was diagnosed with kidney disease [while he was attending the University of Alabama], and his situation got worse over the years,” Cory, 45, told The Birmingham Times. “He was getting ready to start dialysis right before we found out we were a match.” “Dialysis is a type of treatment that … [removes] extra fluid and waste products from [a person’s] blood when the kidneys are not able to,” according to the National Kidney Foundation (NKF). “[Because we] did the transplant, … [Rodney] never had to go on dialysis,” said Cory. The Transplant Games of America, being held in The...