. >> reporter: the nephew, tampa police officer alex castro is following in his uncle's footsteps, the 3-year veteran patrol officer took his badge over as well, number 674. >> i wear this badge over my heart and take it serious. feel and honor him everyday. and continue his legacy. >> castro just got back from puerto rico. he said his uncle is so sick he could barely recognize him. >> we're just asking for help. we really need to get him here. >> he knows he's a sick man. >> reporter: anthony tyson was feliciano's partner for four years. he knows if anyone can beat cancer it's feliciano because he's beat the odds his whole life. >> it takes a special and unique person to convince a drug trafficker to hand you $500,000. >> now he needs our help. it's life or death at this point. without us i don't think he'll survive. >> at last check there's more than $24,000 pledged on the gofundme page to bring jose feliciano back to tampa. once $30,000 is reached the former detective will be flown to moffett cancer center. to contribute we posted a link link section on abcactionnews.com. >>> it's t

and his nephew alex castro is steps and the officer took over his number as well, number 674. >> i wear this badge over my heart and that it serious. there is no words to describe how i feel and how i honor him every day and continue his legacy. >> castro got back from puerto rico last night and his uncle is so sick he could barely recognize him. >> we are asking for help. we need to get him here. >> he is a sick man. >> anthony tyson knows he may be able to beat the odds. >> it takes a special person to protect people. >> fee lee see anno protected >> he needs our help and will survive. >> reporter: now once that number hits $30,000 family bring faleciano by monday or wednesday. >>> michael, thank you. doctors at bay front medical center are treating abradenton boy hit by a car. he rode his bike into traffic. he was thrown to bay front with leg and head injuries and will recover. officers telling us tonight that driver will not face any charges. right now a west palm beach pest control company facing federal charges. sun land pest control infumigated peyton's home and left him with sev

officer alex castro wears badge number 674 with pride. before him, it was worn by his uncle, jose feliciano. >> it's a constant reminder representation of him, as well as the police diameter. >> reporter: he spent more than two decades with tbd, many of them under cover in high-level, high-stakes drug investigations. >> him and his team were part of a big reason why the drug activity here in tampa started to reduce. >> when you are meeting with high-level drug traffickers on a day-to-day basis, you are doing something that only a unique individual can do. >> reporter: any given day could have been his last. now, years after his retirement, he finds himself dealing with another dangerous foe. this one, he can't fool or talk his way out of. he has been diagnosed with gastric cancer. he is 61 years old. >> he is... at a point in his life right now that it's life or death. >> reporter: his family and friends starting an online fund-raising effort to put him had on a medical flight from his current home, back to tampa for treatment at moffitt

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