DATE: February 20, 2009 10:57:23 AM HST
PHOTO RELEASE: U.S. Coast Guard Station Honolulu makes an 11-year-old's wish come true, Feb. 20, 2009
PHOTO RELEASE: U.S. Coast Guard Station
Honolulu makes an 11-year-old's wish come true
HONOLULU-- U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Cory Gunkel, left, and Chief Petty Officer Bruce Helterbridle pin anchors on Hannah Bontrager, a 11-year-old leukemia survivor from Cortland, Ohio, officially promoting her to a Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer for the day, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009.
Hannah is in Hawaii courtesy of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and asked to ride aboard a Coast Guard vessel. She spent the day with Station Honolulu personnel, sat at the helm of the 47-foot rescue boat as the crew took her for a ride around the island of Oahu.
U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael De Nyse
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