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Danielle Anderson, Correspondent
It was a chance meeting in a restaurant in Panama City Beach, Florida, that created an unlikely relationship between a motorcycle club and a young man whose ability to defy the odds landed him smack dab in Flagler County on Dec. 20, to make a wish come true.
Born with a number of serious medical anomalies, including hetertaxy (a condition in which internal organs are arranged abnormally) and complex congenital heart disease, 14-year old Austin Booth shouldn’t have made it past his 9th birthday, according to his mother, Angie.
But with a fighting spirit and the love of family, Austin’s story captured the hearts of Punishers Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club members across America, who headed in from as far away as New York, Ohio and Alabama to escort Austin as he co-piloted a flight on Dec. 19 from the Flagler Executive Airport, courtesy of national nonprofit Teens-In-Flight.
Alabama motorcycle club helps terminally ill Florida teen’s dream take flight
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
Terminally ill, 14-year old Austin Booth gets the chance of a lifetime to co-pilot the newly donated Cessna 172 from the Heiser Foundation, courtesy of Teens-In-Flight, on Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Flagler Executive Airport.TNS
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By Danielle Anderson, Correspondent The Daytona Beach News-Journal (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
It was a chance meeting in a restaurant in Panama City Beach, Florida, that created an unlikely relationship between a motorcycle club and a young man whose ability to defy the odds landed him smack dab in Flagler County on Dec. 20, to make a wish come true.
Terminally-ill Florida teen gets surprise private flight
By Matt Trezza
Teen becomes honorary pilot for a day
At the Flagler County Airport, Saturday morning, Austin Booth didn’t know why he was in a small Cessna aircraft. Then, the engine started and Austin and the pilot taxied down the runway and took to the skies. His mother, Angie, watched it all.
PALM COAST, Fla. - At the Flagler County Airport, Saturday morning, Austin Booth didn’t know why he was in a small Cessna aircraft. Then, the engine started and Austin and the pilot taxied down the runway and took to the skies. His mother, Angie, watched it all.