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From the high of sniffing glue to flying aeroplanes

No human being is limited: Michael Mwangi in the cockpit. [David Gichuru, Standard]

Whenever Michael Mwangi told his fellow streetboys that one day he would fly an aeroplane, they would scoff at him and tell him those were hallucinations triggered by sniffing too much glue.

However, Mike as he prefers to be called, went on to achieve his dream. His story, from a glue-sniffing streetboy to a pilot, from the rough streets to the cockpit, is the stuff movies are made of.

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