PHOTOS: Star Wars characters surprise 10-year-old local boy diagnosed with brain cancer
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Joey Arielle stands on stilts to give her the 7'2" height needed to fill out her Chewbacca costume in preparation of surprising Porter Sowards, a 10-year-old who is battling brain cancer, with a visit from Star Wars characters, C3PO, portrayed by Tim O'Sullivan, R2D2 and Chewbacca at Sowards' home Friday, Nov. 12, 2021 in Middletown. Team Fastax also presented Porter and his family with a Dreams of Fastrax certificate for a plane ride and indoor wind tunnel session. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF