Kombol, Beck, Penamante

Bill Kombol, left, and Steve Beck, right, presented Curtis Senior graduate Alana Penamante with a $10,000 scholarship May 23.

When two Washington state associates came across a car crash in 2006, they waged a desperate attempt to save the driver’s life.

Ultimately, the day would end in tragedy. But they made a vow to keep an eye on his daughter from afar and someday, somehow, they would help her.

More than 15 years later, they made good on that pledge by helping send Alana Penamante to the University of Arizona.

Read the full story, reported by Craig Sailor of the Tacoma Tribune, here.


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