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Noah's Bear

Master Sgt. Joseph Koback and his son Bryce pose behind Noah and his father Lester Walters after Noah accomplished an adventure in northern Wisconsin in September, shooting his fist black bear near Minong, Wis. Noah, a handicapped boy from Gulfport, Mississippi, suffers from morquios syndrome, a disease which shortens life expectancy and causes the skeletal system to not grow with the rest of the body. After agreeing to organize a hunt, Master Sgt. Joseph Koback, an avionics technician at the 115th Fighter Wing in Madison, put his team and the plans together to make Noah's first-ever hunt successful.

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