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Video by Staff Sgt. Zoe Russell

Military child with Cerebral Palsy's dream becomes reality

436th Airlift Wing

April 30, 2019 | 1:30

Ryan Roper, eight year old son of U.S. Air Force retired Tech. Sgt. Meghann Roper and Tech. Sgt. Justin Roper, 436th Maintenance Squadron, plays hockey for the first time April 30, 2019, at Centre Ice Arena, Del. Chad Everett, Roper’s hockey coach, constructed a device that enabled him to accomplish his lifelong dream of tackling the ice. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff. Sgt. Zoe Russell)

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