Blue Angels visit SCCA patients and families during Seafair

Photo by Lillian Furlong From left to right, Jayden Parker, whose grandfather is a patient, asks Blue Angel Dr. Mark Lambert what it is like to fly. Derek Williams, a member of the Angels maintenance crew, watches.

Photo by Lillian Furlong Before getting her kite signed, Allison Jaquish, age 6, shakes hands with Dr. Mark Lambert. Pictured behind Allison are Blue Angel Derek Williams and Allison's mom Kristen Jaquish, a patient at the SCCA.

It's become an anticipated Seafair week tradition. Each year for more than a decade the high-flying Blue Angels — sometimes pilots who have been touched by cancer in their own families — spend time visiting patients at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Above, two children related to SCCA patients get a close encounter with Angel Dr. Mark Lambert.

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