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Student who dressed as Fred Blankenship for school project gets to meet anchor

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Channel 2 Action News This Morning Anchor Fred Blankenship welcomed one of his biggest fans, Kingston Bonardy, to the WSB-TV Studios on Tuesday. (Photo: WSB-TV)

ATLANTA — Channel 2 Action News This Morning anchor Fred Blankenship welcomed one of his biggest fans, Kingston Bonardy, to the WSB-TV Studios on Tuesday.

[PHOTOS: Channel 2's Fred Blankenship gets a very special visitor]

Bonardy first caught the attention of Blakenship and the Channel 2 Action News staff when the second grader selected Blankenship for his school's Black History Month wax museum.

[READ MORE: Student dresses up as Channel 2's Fred Blankenship for Black History project]

Once the second grader selected Blankenship, Kingston and his mom went to work researching more about our anchor. They wrote up a script, and Kingston practiced it until he had it memorized.

Needless to say, the project was a hit at Beulah Elementary School.

When you are so proud you could just bust. My little Fred Blankenship was a hit at the Black History Wax Museum. All of...

Posted by Kristie Crawford-Bonardy on Tuesday, February 26, 2019

On Tuesday, Bonardy finally got to meet one of his biggest inspirations.

"I want to be famous when I grow up, just like you," Bonardy told Blankenship.

He was able to tour WSB-TV Studios with his family and even sit at the anchor desk with Blankenship.

We see a successful broadcasting career in Bonardy's future!

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