YOUNGSTOWN — Perhaps among the most memorable and endearing set of lyrics to the popular 1988 Bette Midler song, “The Wind Beneath My Wings,” state, “Oh, and I, I could fly higher than an eagle, for you are the wind beneath my wings, ’cause you are the wind beneath my wings.”

The soaring lines also served as the central theme — and likely life trajectories — for 38 vocational students who overcame a variety of trials and tribulations to graduate and earn credentials across a diverse set of tracks laid out, courtesy of Flying HIGH Inc.

For their achievements, the students were celebrated and honored during a winter graduation program Thursday afternoon at the agency’s Professional Development Center, 6 W. Federal St., downtown.

Among them was Thomas White, 44, of Warren, who recited some

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