Woman in Colorado Springs has life-long wish granted

A life-long dream has come true for one woman in Colorado Springs.

Melana Fisk, 32, uses a wheelchair, but she has one dream: to fly.

Fisk has cerebral palsy. Her mother also died last year. Now, her family wants to cheer her up.

“She’s had a lifelong dream of going up in a hot air balloon,” Fisk’s cousin Carrie Parris said.

This wish brought in the Dream Catchers Balloon Program to come and help.

The group has a special kind of hot air balloon. Instead of a basket, there are seats that make it convenient for anyone to get a lift.

“It brings so much joy, chokes me up every time I think about it,” organizer Captain-Crystal Stout said.

Joy that was brought to Melana Fisk’s father, Bill Fisk.

” To see her, to get a smile on her face, that doesn’t happen very much anymore,” he said.

The program has given more than 300 flights since it was created last year.