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Is it possible that $(a,b,c)$, $(x,y,a)$, $(p,q,b)$ are Pythagorean triples simultaneously?

Do there exist postive integers $a,b,c,x,y,p,q$ such $(a,b,c)$, $(x,y,a)$, $(p,q,b)$ are all Pythagorean triples? That is, does the system $$\begin{cases} a^2+b^2=c^2\\ x^2+y^2=a^2\\ p^2+q^2=b^2 \end{cases}$$ have a postive integer solution?