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After his mother died of cancer, Shrikant realized how quickly time passes, so he left his job to spend more time with his 80-year-old father and help him experience the things he had missed. One of those dreams was flying, so Shrikant took his father on his first-ever airplane journey and captured his emotional reaction as he looked out the window at the clouds for the first time. He shared the moment with the message, \u201cA dream that took 80 years to come true,\u201d reminding thousands that time with the people we love is precious and cannot be recovered….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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