Critically-ill child gets to swim with mermaids

TAMPA, FL (WTSP) — Beatrix Paulus grinned as a pair of Weeki Wachee mermaids slowly swam in her direction.

The 6-year-old from Ohio isn’t used to sights like this.

“No, there are not too many in Cincinnati,” laughed her dad, Ben. “They haven’t come to the Ohio River yet.”

The Make-A-Wish Foundation organized a trip for Bea and her family to visit Weeki Wachee Springs to meet mermaids. It was Bea’s wish after dealing with incredible pain.

“She just started complaining about a lot of pain,” Ben explained. “She’s been in chemo a little over a year.”

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