Spokane local, chemo patient lives dream as Airman for a day

Samuel Burke, a 10-year-old Spokane, Wash., boy fighting a cancerous tumor, along with his mother, Valentina, and his sister, Madeline, talk with Chief Master Sgt. Wayne Deist, 141st Air Refueling Wing command chief, before they begin their tour of various agencies across the installation at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., May 4, 2012. Sam’s tumor is located on his optic nerve and he has undergone 1.5 years of chemo therapy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Stratton/Released)

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