{"id":99591,"date":"2021-12-07T13:08:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T07:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/?p=99591"},"modified":"2022-04-30T10:31:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T05:01:55","slug":"4-year-old-dwayne-frankie-travels-to-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/4-year-old-dwayne-frankie-travels-to-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"This 4-Year Old\u2019s Adorable \u2018Trip To The Moon\u2019 Proves That Wishes Do Come True!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He may be tiny, but he has successfully completed a \u2018<strong>mission to the moon<\/strong>\u2019, something that we spend our lives only dreaming about! All within the confines of the <strong>Adelaide Airport<\/strong> in Australia, <strong>4-year old Dwayne Frankie<\/strong> has been granted his lifelong wish of going to the moon!<!--more--><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99603\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.traveltriangle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dwayne-space-suit.jpg\" alt=\"dwayne space suit\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"imagesource-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/image\/9403872-3x2-940x627.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frankie has epilepsy and has spent most of his young life in hospital, <strong>battling uncontrollable seizures<\/strong> almost every day. But that had never diminished his yearning of going into outer-space. <a href='http:\/\/formation.gpconnect.re\/pmd\/1\/28986463\/'>\u0644\u0639\u0628\u0629 \u0642\u0645\u0627\u0631 \u0644\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0641\u0648\u0646<\/a>  And just a day ago, the collaborative efforts of the <strong>Make-A-Wish Foundation<\/strong> and <strong>Qantas<\/strong> allowed the little adventurer to complete his intrepid voyage to \u2018space\u2019, <em>bringing the toddler boundless joy<\/em>!<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99601\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.traveltriangle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dwayne-frankie-gets-wish-to-travel-to-moon-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"dwayne frankie gets wish to travel to moon - Copy\" width=\"700\" height=\"366\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Flanked by <strong>Star Wars Stormtroopers<\/strong> and accompanied by <strong>Batman<\/strong>, <strong>Spiderman<\/strong>, and some <strong>aliens<\/strong>, a space-suit clad Dwayne hopped through the airport to his first destination &#8211; <strong>Mission Control<\/strong> at the Qantas Club &#8211; as cameras and family members tailed behind him.<\/p>\n<p>At the \u2018Mission Control\u2019, a crew of Qantas \u2018<strong>astronauts<\/strong>\u2019 awaited him. They invited him into a hangar that had been transformed into an intergalactic wonderland, complete with <strong>moon rocks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99602\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.traveltriangle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dwayne-plants-flag-on-moon.jpg\" alt=\"dwayne plants flag on moon\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"imagesource-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/image\/9403868-3x2-700x467.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An ecstatic Frankie completed his mission by planting on the moon\u2019s surface a cute hand-painted <strong>flag<\/strong> that said \u2018<strong>Dwayne On The Moon<\/strong>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It was a dream come true for the little guy (and his parents) who had forever longed for an adventure outside hospital walls. \u201c<em>You see his worst\u2026to see him with a smile is awesome. You can\u2019t describe it, it\u2019s just great<\/em>,\u201d said his father, Philip.<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99604\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.traveltriangle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dwayne-with-space-team.jpg\" alt=\"dwayne with space team\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"imagesource-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.newsapi.com.au\/image\/v1\/0d5fa5cfe6f0223017a8cc9b3cf3d65a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Describing their son\u2019s special day as \u201c<strong>phenomenal<\/strong>\u201d, his mother said that her boy had the time of his life on his mission to the moon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Dwayne is absolutely elated after the experience. He looked at the moon early this morning and said \u2018I went there last night!&#8217;<\/em>,\u201d she told the Press later. \u201c<em>It has been the most wonderful experience and our family will be forever grateful to Make-A-Wish and Qantas for making our little boy&#8217;s dream come true<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He may be tiny, but he has successfully completed a \u2018mission to the moon\u2019, something that we spend our lives only dreaming about! 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