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The Pasko family had a lot to celebrate on Christmas 2001. Father, Navy Capt. John Pasko, was well on the way to recovery following an unusual, life-saving, live-donor lung transplant operation in Los Angeles in July. The Paskos (from left) are son Dan, daughter Kaitlyn, Pasko, wife Sherry, and son Joseph, a Naval Academy midshipman. Photo courtesy the Pasko family.

The Pasko family had a lot to celebrate on Christmas 2001. Father, Navy Capt. John Pasko, was well on the way to recovery following an unusual, life-saving, live-donor lung transplant operation in Los Angeles in July. The Paskos (from left) are son Dan, daughter Kaitlyn, Pasko, wife Sherry, and son Joseph, a Naval Academy midshipman. Photo courtesy the Pasko family.

The Pasko family had a lot to celebrate on Christmas 2001. Father, Navy Capt. John Pasko, was well on the way to recovery following an unusual, life-saving, live-donor lung transplant operation in Los Angeles in July. The Paskos (from left) are son Dan, daughter Kaitlyn, Pasko, wife Sherry, and son Joseph, a Naval Academy midshipman. Photo courtesy the Pasko family.

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