Marine back from Afghanistan, drops big question

Marine proposes at homecoming celebration
Saturday, 14 Apr 2012
Ali Reed
New Haven, Conn.
(WTNH)

It's the moment friends and family members had been waiting seven months for: the bus rolling in, carrying their marines back home.

People started lining up hours before the bus pulled up, eager to have their loved ones safely back in their arms. The 31 marines had been in Afghanistan since September.

"Nervous," said Marry Geraldo, whose husband was deployed, "it's exciting. We had them away for a long time."

What's the first thing you're going to do when you see him," asked News 8's Ali Reed.

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