Weddings in the news- Man halts parade to propose to girlfriend
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A 30-year-old woman in Oakmont, Pa., said her police officer boyfriend halted a local parade in order to propose to her.
Alice Marcus said her new fiance, Trevor Okonak, was riding the lead motorcycle in the Light Up night parade on Saturday, when he suddenly stopped, dismounted and got down on one knee, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Sunday.
At that moment, friends of the Oakmont couple displayed a banner urging Marcus to accept the 28-year-old police officer's proposal.
After Marcus accepted the proposal and kissed her new fiance, Okonak mounted his motorcycle and the parade continued. The marriage proposal came days after the couple purchased a home together.
Okonak told the Post-Gazette exactly what he told his girlfriend when he first stopped the parade and proposed marriage.
'I told her I'd stop the world for you,' he said, 'but right now you have to settle for a parade.'
Alice Marcus said her new fiance, Trevor Okonak, was riding the lead motorcycle in the Light Up night parade on Saturday, when he suddenly stopped, dismounted and got down on one knee, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Sunday.
At that moment, friends of the Oakmont couple displayed a banner urging Marcus to accept the 28-year-old police officer's proposal.
After Marcus accepted the proposal and kissed her new fiance, Okonak mounted his motorcycle and the parade continued. The marriage proposal came days after the couple purchased a home together.
Okonak told the Post-Gazette exactly what he told his girlfriend when he first stopped the parade and proposed marriage.
'I told her I'd stop the world for you,' he said, 'but right now you have to settle for a parade.'
