Military Father Surprises Daughter, Reunited at Rays game

[BeyondGeography]

[benld74]

1. STL Cardinals did a little bit similar last year,,,

young girl who's fiance was overseas threw out the first pitch at a game. Fiance was the catcher, he unmasked, she ran to him, he proposed, she said yes, the crowd said Ahhhhhhh

[Boomerproud]

2. Lovely video.

I remember how I felt when my brother walked through the front door from Vietnam on the day that Armstrong landed on the moon. Much happiness to the family.

[Honeycombe8]

3. I find these sorts of videos touching, but I can't relate. I didn't like my Dad much...

if he had popped up after he'd been gone for a while, I can't say how I would've reacted. Not with a run and hug, for sure. I was surprised then, and am still surprised, when kids like their Dads.

[whathehell]

4. That's too bad.

I was fortunate in having a really good dad with whom I was quite close.

I hope you were close to your mother or a grandparent or some other member of your family.

My family is mostly gone now and I miss them more than anything in the world.

[Honeycombe8]

5. When you're a kid, you don't know any different. You think every family is that way.

That's why I said I was surprised to find out that, say, Pat in the neighborhood, her dad came home every night. I felt so sad for Pat. At least my dad stayed away for long periods of time. I didn't realize that other kids didn't dislike their dads.

I'm still surprised and cannot relate, as a 50-something adult, to the feeling of liking your dad. It seems unnatural to me to like your dad. I don't view this as a sad or bad thing. I guess because it's not like I lost anything. It's a feeling that was never there, so it just is.

[whathehell]

6. That's very true.