BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — There’s one thing Cooper’s known for as long as she can remember: she wanted to fly.
After the Korean War, somewhere near 250,000 children were sent to the U.S. for adoption. “Cooper the Pilot,” as she goes by, was one of those kids.
“There were 10 little kids, and they shuffled us into this big room. That’s how I could describe it at age 4,” Cooper said. “I was like, ‘Oh, is this our new house?’ And they go, ‘No, we’re going to fly to your new home.’ I said, ‘fly?’”
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