A June 2023 fall at home left Jaxson Lutz with a broken femur and complications that have delayed his recovery.

This fall, the 15-year-old is back at Nazareth Area High School as a sophomore — using crutches to get around and getting used to his new artificial right hip.

The new joint means his days of youth sports are behind him, according to his mother, Stacee Banko, who reached out to lehighvalleylive.com to share Jaxson’s story.

But through all he’s faced in the past two years, he’s found a new calling as a junior member of the Bethlehem Township Volunteer Fire Co.

“They took him in and taught him so many skills,” Banko wrote in an email. “He has volunteered at so many events with them and has enjoyed learning new things and meeting new people.”

Last month, the fire company organi

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