Love is in the air
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alentine's Day was special for passengers and employees at LA/Ontario International Airport.
alentine's Day was special for passengers and employees at LA/Ontario International Airport.Ammon Becar surprised his girlfriend, Nicoleta Knapp with a late night proposal.
Becar, a Redlands resident, went against Knapp's wishes for the proposal, which were for it to not be made in public, not in front of family members and not on Valentine's Day.
"I had told him to not propose on Valentine's Day because I thought that would be too cheesy,' said Knapp, a Mentone resident. "But I loved it."
Becar said he knew he could pull it off.
"I wanted it to be different and something she never expected," he said. "I wanted it to be unique and unexpected."
The couple have only been dating for a month and half, but had discussed marriage, Becar said.
About three weeks before his fiancé left for a business trip in Connecticut, Becar said he contacted Delta Air Lines officials to see if they were open to the idea.
ONT staffers were able to get Becar a pass to greet his fiancé at the gate when she got off her 10 p.m. flight, he said.
From her seat on the plane, Knapp said she thought she had seen Becar hugging her mom in the airport's waiting area. But quickly realized it wasn't them.
Despite that, Knapp said she was still caught off guard when Becar was there with a box of chocolates and roses.
"The first thing I told him was 'What are you doing here?'" Knapp said.
Her other instinct was that he was going to propose to her, especially when he pulled out a box.
It turned out to be a heart-shaped necklace, she said.
As the couple walked over to the escalators and down to baggage claim, it was Becar who was getting nervous.
"As we both turned the corner before coming down, she saw the big banner and she jumped back," he said.
At the bottom of the stairs, in the baggage claim area, Becar's family members were carrying a banner with the marriage proposal.
The banner was also filled with heart-shaped messages from members of their families, he said.
It was then that Becar got on his knee and proposed.
Knapp admits that she was so nervous by it all that she never actually read the sign.
The couple celebrated by meeting up with her family at a nearby restaurant.
"Now Valentine's Day will have a special meaning," she said.
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| Liset Márquez has covered the city of Ontario for the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin since 2008. She started the OntarioNow blog in August 2008. To contact Liset, leave a comment on this blog or send an e-mail to Liset Marquez |
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