Scott Hainley celebrated the completion of his cancer treatment Wednesday at the Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute by ringing the ceremonial bell three times. But the following sound is what put the “first real smile” on his face in months.

Hainley's wife and mother were brought to tears as he blasted a fire truck's horn riding away from the treatment center. His wife, Cinnamon Hainley, said it was a moment for which he had been waiting.

“It was very hard for him, he didn't even have his pager,” she said. “Every once in a while he would turn on the scanner to hear what was going on.”

Hainley is a captain with the Prospect Volunteer Fire Department, a duty he loved, but could not perform while going through treatment. All he wanted for his last day of treatment was a ride home from his crew in a fire truck.

Along with his wife, mother and son, Steele, and members of the Prospect fire department came to celebrate Scott Hainley's completion of treatment.

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