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Firefighter Proposes from Rooftop

This is a cool way to propose (from The Billings Gazette).

Wedding Rings Billings firefighter Briana Masche climbed a very steep 53 steps up a fire truck ladder, swung her leg onto the roof of a building and stepped into the surprise of a lifetime Saturday afternoon.

Masche clamored up the steps, supposedly to check a report of a hot odor coming from one of the Stapleton Building's heating units.

Supposedly is the key word.

There was no emergency atop the building, just a very nervous fiancé-to-be.

While Masche and other members of the firefighting crew checked their bulky fire-proof gear and got the huge aerial ladder just right against the top of the four-story building, her boyfriend, firefighter Joe Sands, was already on the roof.

Sands was wearing his firefighter dress uniform and hat. His black shoes shined and his badge and nametag glimmered in the sun.

"What are you doing up here?" Sands said Masche asked when she saw him. "I said, 'I'm here to do what we've been talking about.' "

Read the rest of the article to see how it turned out. The article has some pictures too.

Posted June 5, 2006 08:23 AM  ·  Link   ·  Miscellaneous

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