Elaborate proposals are all the rage now. What was once an intimate, romantic moment is now a big production, with hidden cameramen or choreographed routines or a custom-made video. Generally, the proposals end with an enthusiastic or emotional “yes,” but on occasion they end with a helicopter ride to the hospital.
Just such an occasion took place last week in Phoenix, Arizona, where George Begalla invited his girlfriend Katie Woodford on a hike up Camelback Mountain. Begalla planned on proposing to her once they reached the summit.
Everything went as planned…at first. “She said yes. We hugged. We kissed. We got the round of applause,” Begalla told 3TV.
Then things took a turn for the worse. “We were really excited and all of a sudden she started to say, ‘I’m not feeling good.’ I could see she was getting pale and she went down slow and asked for help,” he said.
Not long after calling for help, Woodford was airlifted from the mountain. Then paramedics checked Begalla and discovered that he too needed help, so he was airlifted down as well. Both were treated at a hospital for dehydration.
“I was absolutely terrified,” Begalla. “I mean, I just proposed and I’m seeing the woman I love really suffering, and it definitely made me appreciate her more and I definitely think it brought us closer together.”
The happy couple plans on getting married this weekend in Nevada. Hopefully, no helicopters or IVs will be required at the ceremony.
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