November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and one Baltimore police officer shared his story of dedication to himself, his family and his job.

In March 2024, Stephen Diggs began working in the city’s Western District, an assignment he requested after graduating from the police academy. It’s a place he could not wait to get back to after battling a devastating illness.

Still, to most people’s surprise, Diggs says he’s blessed — blessed that he had Stage 3 lung cancer and not Stage 4.

Now, he is back on duty after doctors removed his left lung. He has had an extremely tough but remarkable journey. Diggs said it all started with a persistent and troubling cough. Soon after, tests showed he had a grapefruit-sized tumor in his left lung.

“I freaked out initially, the first nine days, I would

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