A TV reporter got the shock of her life when she rushed to cover a breaking news story, only to discover her boyfriend was on the scene, down on one knee and with a ring in his hand.
Valerie Bell, a reporter for WBMA in Birmingham, Alabama, drove to what she believed to be a domestic violence incident near a lake, where she stopped in a car and spoke to a police officer. McClatchy News reported.
But behind her was her firefighter flame, Blake Bjornson, who was holding a box as he knelt on the floor.
He popped the question and she quickly said, “Yes.”
The two lovebirds then shared an engagement smooch in front of the assembled first responders.
“I’m just trying to process what just happened. Oh my God! I thought there were kids in the water. This is so bad,” she said in the video when she realized she would be the one to make the move.
Alabama TV reporter Valerie Bell on the scene of a “breaking news” story as her boyfriend, Blake Bjornson, waits quietly behind her, on one knee and holding a ring.Valerie Bell/Facebook
Bell was surprised when he saw Bjornson.Valerie Bell/Facebook
The young fireman places the engagement ring on Bell’s finger after she says, “I do!”Valerie Bell/Facebook
“Here I was, thinking I was on the breaking news,” Bell wrote on Instagram. “But little did he know, it was all part of a massive collaborative plan to pull off a very big surprise.”
She later thanked Bjornson, WBMA chief photographer Bill Castle and first responders for making her day so special.
“I can’t wait to spend forever with you. I’m the luckiest girl,” Bell tweeted.
The newly engaged couple share a hug.Valerie Bell/Facebook
Bell and Bjornson are ready to take the plunge after their carefully planned engagement near a lake.Valerie Bell/Facebook
The TV station said that “Bjornson, who works as a firefighter, rallied some of his friends (including) the Pell City Police Department to help pull off the story of the proposal of a lifetime.”
Later, the police also gave him a shout.
“Congratulations Valerie Bell and Blake! Thank you for letting us be a small part of your special day,” the department he said on Facebook.
On its website, WBMA says, “Always curious and inquisitive, Valerie’s dream has been to be a reporter since she was in the third grade.”
