4-Foot-Tall Teenager Bullied For Her Top Constructing Confidence By way of Junior Firefighter Academy – CBS Pittsburgh

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A local girl is reminding people to follow their dreams no matter what anyone else thinks.

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KDKA viewer Diana sent us these pictures of her 15-year-old daughter Katie.

She is much smaller than the other teenagers in Holiday Park’s Junior Fire Academy.

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She’s just over four feet tall and less than 100 pounds.

And she goes to cyber school partly because she was bullied for her size.

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But Katie comes from three generations of firefighters, and she has loved learning what it takes to be a first responder.