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2 health care workers fighting the battle against COVID-19 find love

The couple hopes to set a date for August or September.

2 health care workers fighting the battle against COVID-19 find love

The couple hopes to set a date for August or September.

>-- FALL IN LOVE. >> MY PLAN IS TO PROPOSE TO MY GIRLFRIEND WHO IS A NURSE AND EMERGENCY ROOM. >> AT ST. LUKE’S ON THE PLAZA. >> I AM EXPECTING A FLAWLESS PROPOSAL. >> WE WERE AT TIMES AFRAID TO SEE EACH OTHER. THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. >> AND WHEN THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE IS EQUALLY IN THE FIGHT. >> THERE ARE SO MANY UNKNOWNS. >> BUT THIS MOMENT. >> OVERDO. >> I WANTED TO CATCH HER OFF GUARD. >> I HAVE FLOWERS FOR YOU. WE HAVE BEEN DATING FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND I HAVE FALLEN SO VERY MUCH IN LOVE WITH YOU. WOULD YOU DO ME THE HONOR OF MARRYING ME? >> YES. [CHEERS] >> COVID DEFINITELY GAVE US MORE TIME TOGETHER THAT HELPED US FALL DEEPER IN LOVE. >> I WAS MORE SCARED FOR HIM BECAUSE HE WORKED IN THE ICU. >> NOW A SPECIAL MOMENT IN A SPECIAL PLACE. >> CAME OUT AND WATCH THE FIREWORKS HERE. >> FIREWORKS THAT EVEN A PANDEMIC CANNOT STOP. >> N O
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2 health care workers fighting the battle against COVID-19 find love

The couple hopes to set a date for August or September.

For two health care workers in Kansas City, fighting the battle against COVID-19 helped them fall in love."My plan today is to propose to my girlfriend who is a nurse in the emergency room here," said Michael Senne, a registered nurse at Saint Luke's Hospital. "I am expecting a flawless proposal and for her to say 'yes.'"Senne got down on one knee on the hospital's rooftop heliport, where he and his girlfriend, registered nurse Sage Smith, watched fireworks together on the Fourth of July."I got some flowers for you. We've been dating for a very long time and I've fallen so very much in love with you. Would you do me the honor of marrying me?" Senne asked."Yes," Smith said, as coworkers cheered.Senne said working in health care and dating someone in the field means there's a lot of uncertainty. And then the COVID-19 pandemic hit."We were at times afraid to even see each other," Senne said. "COVID definitely gave us more time together, which I think really helped us fall deeper in love with each other.""I was a little bit more scared for him because he works in the COVID ICU and being exposed longer," Smith said.Smith said she was actually going to take the day off, but her supervisor, who knew about the surprise, would not let her take it.The couple hopes to set a date for August or September.

For two health care workers in Kansas City, fighting the battle against COVID-19 helped them fall in love.

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"My plan today is to propose to my girlfriend who is a nurse in the emergency room here," said Michael Senne, a registered nurse at Saint Luke's Hospital. "I am expecting a flawless proposal and for her to say 'yes.'"

Senne got down on one knee on the hospital's rooftop heliport, where he and his girlfriend, registered nurse Sage Smith, watched fireworks together on the Fourth of July.

"I got some flowers for you. We've been dating for a very long time and I've fallen so very much in love with you. Would you do me the honor of marrying me?" Senne asked.

"Yes," Smith said, as coworkers cheered.

Senne said working in health care and dating someone in the field means there's a lot of uncertainty. And then the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

"We were at times afraid to even see each other," Senne said. "COVID definitely gave us more time together, which I think really helped us fall deeper in love with each other."

"I was a little bit more scared for him because he works in the COVID ICU and being exposed longer," Smith said.

Smith said she was actually going to take the day off, but her supervisor, who knew about the surprise, would not let her take it.

The couple hopes to set a date for August or September.