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Boston High School Aviation Program Gives Students A Chance To Fly
"When I was younger, I really wanted to fly, but I never had the opportunity to do it. But now I can, so I'm going to do it," Yasin smiled.
May 22, 2024
BOSTON - If you want to learn a lesson in courage and going after a dream, look no further than 17-year-old Fahad Yasin. He's part of the STEM Aviation program at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Boston. Now, he's the program's first student to take flight.
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"When I was younger, I really wanted to fly, but I never had the opportunity to do it. But now I can, so I'm going to do it," Yasin smiled.
Yasin has been part of Burke's Pathways Program since September. For the past nine months, Yasin's been taking aviation classes twice a week. On Tuesday, it was time for the real thing. Yasin took off from Norwood Memorial Airport with family and school officials cheering him on all the way. He was calm and cool in the cockpit. "You feel the motion. You feel the wind. You feel the plane shake under turbulence," Yasin said. He flew for about 45 minutes - over Gillette Stadium and back.
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Boston high school student Fahad Yasin takes his first flight with instructor Harry Scales. He's part of the STEM Aviation program at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Boston/CBS Boston
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