{"id":79433,"date":"2024-09-06T13:36:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T06:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=79433"},"modified":"2024-09-06T13:36:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T06:36:45","slug":"60-year-reunion-surprise-78-year-old-man-proposes-to-long-lost-love-at-the-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/60-year-reunion-surprise-78-year-old-man-proposes-to-long-lost-love-at-the-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"60-Year Reunion Surprise: 78-Year-Old Man Proposes to Long-Lost Love at the Airport!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Love stories have a unique ability to touch our hearts, regardless of age or time. In a world where dating norms are ever-changing, one thing remains constant \u2013 the timeless charm of true love. And this sentiment was beautifully brought to life when a heartwarming airport proposal unfolded, reuniting a 78-year-old man with the love of his life after a separation of six long decades.\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-79434 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/60-Year-Reunion-Surprise-78-Year-Old-Man-Proposes-to-Long-Lost-Love-at-the-Airport2.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"397\"' height='\"704\"' title='\"\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60-Year-Reunion-Surprise-78-Year-Old-Man-Proposes-to-Long-Lost-Love-at-the-Airport2.jpg' https: sizes='\"auto,'>\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-79435 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/60-Year-Reunion-Surprise-78-Year-Old-Man-Proposes-to-Long-Lost-Love-at-the-Airport4.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"390\"' height='\"603\"' title='\"\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60-Year-Reunion-Surprise-78-Year-Old-Man-Proposes-to-Long-Lost-Love-at-the-Airport4.jpg' https: sizes='\"auto,'>\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-79436 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/60-Year-Reunion-Surprise-78-Year-Old-Man-Proposes-to-Long-Lost-Love-at-the-Airport8.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"391\"' height='\"604\"' title='\"\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60-Year-Reunion-Surprise-78-Year-Old-Man-Proposes-to-Long-Lost-Love-at-the-Airport8.jpg' https: sizes='\"auto,'>\n</p><p>As reported by a local Fox affiliate, Dr. Thomas McMeekin had cherished his feelings for Nancy Gambell since their high school days in California. While they went on a few dates, life took them on different paths. They attended different colleges, got married to other people, and although they had a chance encounter at their 50th high school reunion, they never pursued a relationship further.\n<figure id='\"attachment_79438\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-79438\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-79438' size-full src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/Screenshot_5.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"686\"' height='\"704\"' title='\"\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_5.jpg' https: sizes='\"auto,'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-79438\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>Credit: FOX 13 Youtube\n<p>Fast forward to the present, as their 60th high school reunion approached, something magical was in the air. Dr. McMeekin, a dermatologist in Tampa, found himself \u201cacting like a giddy fool\u201d all week. The reason behind his excitement was Nancy Gambell herself, who had personally reached out to express her joy about seeing him again.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Love stories have a unique ability to touch our hearts, regardless of age or time. In a world where dating norms are ever-changing, one thing remains constant \u2013 the timeless charm of true love. And this sentiment was beautifully brought to life when a heartwarming airport proposal unfolded, reuniting a 78-year-old man with the love &hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":79437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[657],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-love-and-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79439,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79433\/revisions\/79439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></figcaption></figure></p>