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Wounded Veterans Get Special Tribute in Newtown
The organization, Leaps of Faith Disabled Skiers, honors disabled veterans with a patriotic display and a day of fun on Lake Zoar.
A heavy fog hung over the water's still surface as a wave of boats slowly cruised up Lake Zoar on Saturday morning.
The boats were part of a special tribute that Sandy Hook-based Leaps of Faith Disabled Skiers had organized for veterans. Dubbed "Warriors on the Water," the parade of boats, each sporting patriotic colors, was a symbolic show of support to the veterans, who spent the day at Joel Zeisler's lakefront house.
"We had a great and full day of water skiing, wakeboarding, tubing, fishing, and driving golf balls off the dock. The day was topped off by a vintage Piper Sea Plane that took all the warriors up for an individual flight with an open door cockpit," the organization writes on its Facebook page.
For more information about Zeisler's organization, check out the Leaps of Faith Disabled Skiers website or like them on Facebook.
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