The Navy Blue Angels fly over Interstate 90 last year during a practice for the Seafair airshow. (Reporter file photo | Mercer Island Reporter

The Navy Blue Angels fly over Interstate 90 last year during a practice for the Seafair airshow. (Reporter file photo

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