Cancer survivor, 7, catches 2 sharks off Deerfield Beach, thanks to Make-A-Wish

DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) – A young Make-A-Wish kid traveled across the country to get his wish of “catching a really big one” fulfilled.

Jackson Dierenfield, a 7-year-old cancer survivor, went fishing off Deerfield Beach on Wednesday after travelling all the way from Montana with his family.

“We put a couple lines out, and not shortly after, got Jackson on his first big deep sea critter down here in South Florida, happened to be a nice mature healthy nurse shark, got some pictures with them, brought him up, got a nice safe release.” said fisherman Captain TJ…

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