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Hero 8.jpgCaptain Dave McCabe puts a medal on Reed Fitzgerald, age 13, after she learned how she learned how to steer the sailboat. Captain Dave McCabe is the founder of Sailing Angels, an organization that "introduces the joy of sailing to children with special cognitive and physical needs and critical illnesses" as well as veterans returning from combat with PTSD and injuries. Captain McCabe took two families out on his 38ft Morgan Sloop sail boat on Saturday, February 14, 2015 in Kemah, TX. (Photo: Thomas B. Shea/For the Chronicle)Hero 9.jpgCaptain Dave McCabe takes Reed Fitzgerald, age 13, Penni Nickles, Hadence Rodrigue, age 9 and Maybelle Kovel, age 3 sailing .Captain Dave McCabe is the founder of Sailing Angels, an organization that "introduces the joy of sailing to children with special cognitive and physical needs and critical illnesses" as well as veterans returning from combat with PTSD and injuries. Captain McCabe took two families out on his 38ft Morgan Sloop sail boat on Saturday, February 14, 2015 in Kemah, TX. (Photo: Thomas B. Shea/For the Chronicle)Hero 13.jpgDave McCabe takes children and veterans out on the water to work a sailboat and gain self-esteem.