Originally published Oct. 4 on IdahoCapitalSun.com .U.S. Forest Service firefighter Justin “Riley” Shaw is “awake more, learning to walk, eat and communicate” while he continues to recover from a brain injury sustained while battling a wildfire in Idaho, according to a family update released on Friday.
Shaw, 26, of Boise, was struck by a tree the night of Aug. 10 during initial attack operations on the Coffee Can Saddle Fire in Idaho’s Salmon River Ranger District, according to a news release from the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest.
Shaw, who has spent the last 23 days at PAM Health Specialty Hospital of Denver, is an assistant crew foreman for the Salmon River Ranger District…