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.
Location: Hilliard, FL Accident Number: ERA20LA324 Date & Time: September 21, 2020, 14:37 Local Registration: N800PB Aircraft: Vans RV 8 Injuries: 1 Fatal Flight Conducted Under:
On September 21, 2020, about 1437 eastern daylight time, a Vans RV8, N800PB, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Hilliard, Florida. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
According to the pilot’s son, they flew together in the airplane earlier during the day from Flagler Executive Airport (FIN), to the Polk County Airport (4A4), Cedartown, Georgia. They departed around 0900 and landed about 1100. They flew to 4A4 because the son purchased another airplane and was going to fly it back to New Jersey, and his father was going to fly back to FIN. They departed 4A4 around 1330 and his father flew towards FIN and he turned towards New Jersey. He stated that he flew his father’s a