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Sun videographer Jon Sham and Marleene DeNardo, of Sylva, N.C., take a selfie together while flying on a single-engine Cessna from Philadelphia to Lynchburg, Va. DeNardo, who is undergoing cancer treatment, is getting a ride home courtesy of Angel Flight East.

Derward Brooks, a North Laurel resident, volunteers to fly those with advanced medical issues up and down the East Coast as part of an organization called Angel Flight East. On a day in early June, he flew a woman with cancer from Philadelphia to Lynchburg, Va.