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Eleventh Coast Guard District |
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Dec. 1, 2009 Petty Officer Pamela J. Manns Public Affairs (510) 437-3325 |
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*VIDEO and PHOTO RELEASE* Coast Guard grants cancer patient's wish |
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ALAMEDA, Calif. — A Coast Guard crew from Air Station San Francisco flew Luis Castillo, an 18-year-old living with cancer, around the San Francisco Bay in an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, today. The flight wish was made through Oakland Firefighters Random Acts organization, a non-profit group that responds to requests from Oakland's Children's Hospital cancer patients in the oncology unit. The helicopter flew over the Oakland Coliseum, Candlestick Park, the Golden Gate Bridge and other points of interest in the area. click on link below for video http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=721335
SAN FRANCISCO - Luis Castillo, a child living with cancer, shakes the hand of Cmdr. Samuel Creech, the commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, after flying in a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Castillo made the flight request through the Oakland Firefighters Random Acts organization. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Pamela J. Manns
SAN FRANCISCO - Cmdr. Samuel Creech, commanding officer of Air Station San Francisco, helps Luis Castillo, a child living with cancer, put on a flight jacket given to him by the crew of the air station, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Castillo flew in an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter as part of a request made through the Oakland Firefighters Random Acts organization. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Pamela J. Manns
SAN FRANCISCO - The crew from Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco waves at an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter that flies by with Luis Castillo, a child living with cancer, aboard, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Oakland Firefighters Random Acts Organization arranged the helicopter flight at Castillo's request. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Pamela J. Manns
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