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North Country Honor Flight escorts 2 local vets to Plattsburgh

State Police Trooper James D'Ambro, school and community outreach coordinator for Troop B, picks up 100-year-old World War II veteran Dusty Smith (third from left) at his Lake Placid home on Friday. Smith and his sons -- Richard (far left) and Bill (far right) -- are both veterans and accompanied their father on the trip to Washington, D.C. today as part of the North Country Honor Flight program. They all rode in this State Police cruiser to Plattsburgh. (Enterprise photo — Andy Flynn)
A State Police cruiser carrying 100-year-old World War II veteran Dusty Smith passes underneath an American flag at the Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department Friday during a North Country Honor Flight escort to Plattsburgh. Smith rode with his sons Bill and Richard, both veterans who accompanied him on the Washington, D.C. trip today. (Enterprise photo — Andy Flynn)
Bikers from Clinton County arrive at the Lake Placid home of 100-year-old World War II veteran Dusty Smith Friday to help escort him to Plattsburgh as part of the North Country Honor Flight program. He rode in a State Police cruiser with his sons Bill and Richard, both veterans who accompanied him on the Washington, D.C. trip today. (Enterprise photo — Andy Flynn)
Army veteran Barry Badore, center, shares a photo with his grandson, Sean Fitzgerald and Saranac Lake Police Chief Darin Perrotte. The SLPD, along with State Police and a large contingent of motorcyclists, gave Badore an escort to Plattsburgh on Friday, ahead of his trip with North Country Honor Flight to Washington D.C. today. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)
Sarah Fitzgerald, Sean Fitzgerald, Zoe McNamara with baby, Barry Badore and Ian McNamara gather for a photo before Badore's trip with North Country Honor Flight to Washington D.C. on Friday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)
Army veteran Barry Badore, waves out the passenger window of a Saranac Lake Police cruiser as he gets a police and motorcycle escort to Plattsburgh on Friday, ahead of his trip with North Country Honor Flight to Washington D.C. today. Badore's grandson Sean Fitzgerald looks out the rear window. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

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