An Air Force flyover wasn’t the only surprise at Darien’s Memorial Day Parade on Monday: Noroton firefighter Keith Bennett kneeled down on the Post Road near the end of the marching to propose to Marley Bykowski.
Reader, she’ll marry him.
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The future husband’s father is standing just behind him in this picture. (We direct the reader’s attention to the shock and awe on the faces of nearby spectators.)
Bennett, a Noroton Fire Department lieutenant who rides on Engine 32, was on the near the official grandstand, on a stretch of the Post Road between the Garden Center of Darien and Nielsen’s Florist when he broke ranks, got on one knee and popped the question to Bykowski.
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Because one photo angle just won’t do: Keith Bennett proposes to Marley Bykowski.
Bennet’s father, Ron Bennet (also a firefighter in the department), looked on.
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Ring on finger: Mission completed.