Surprise proposal at Charlottetown Airport

She said yes!

Darcy Hagan surprised his girlfriend, Rachel Kinloughwith the proposal at the Charlottetown Airport.

Hagan is from Burlington, Ont., and Kinloughis from Charlottetown.

Together for five years now

They met through a friend roughly five years ago. Kinloughhad gone through a separation and Hagan's wife had passed away.

Together, they're now afamily with two daughtersfrom Hagan'sformer marriage and two sons from Kinlough's.

"We've been coming out here for the last four summers for vacation, Rachel's comehere for years," Hagan said. "Ironically my dad is from P.E.I. and I had never been here."

"I had his ashes and when Rachel and I first met I told her'I've never been out there and I have these ashes I've always wanted to sprinkle into the ocean'so she said 'why don't you join me?'"

"We came out here five years ago and we've been coming here since."

The proposal

Kinlough's mom, dad and some of her familywas inside waiting for the coupleat the airport.

"I thought what a great place to do it in front of her mom and dad and family, we're out here for her grandmother's memorial which is tomorrow, and so there was lots of friends and family here."

Hagan was nervous, but more anxious to get it done.

"She saw the banner as she was walking through the sliding doors, looked back at me and said 'no way' we walked in, I went on my one knee and said 'I guess this is what I'm supposed to do,'" Hagansaid.

Perfect ending

Hagansaid the family was ecstatic.

"They were just up in arms they loved it."

"Her mom was a great help, she knows everybody on the Island, soI knew she was the perfect person ... she reached out to the airport and we got the OK to bring the banner in."

Their phones have been buzzing off the hook ever since the proposal, Hagan said, and it's exactly how he pictured starting off their vacation on P.E.I.

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