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Minzak, who is originally from Texas, is a pilot for Alaska Airlines and flies reserve for the U.S. Air Force, Fritz continued. Pre-pandemic, she and Ethan routinely travelled to Seattle for family visits.
But that all came to an end in March.
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Thursday night, however, Fritz received news that Minzak had organized a special visit for Ethan 香蕉视频直播� permission to do a low-level fly-by of the White Rock Pier in the C17 transport plane he was piloting for a training exercise.
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