Huffington Postさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Huffington PostInstagram)「Two South Dakota health care workers began 2021 as fiancés and internet stars after footage of their pandemic era engagement went viral. ⁠ ⁠ A paramedic and EMS supervisor, Robbie Vargas-Cortes made an appointment at the Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center last month to receive his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. His boyfriend of five years, Eric Vanderlee, is a registered nurse and one of the center’s vaccine administrators. ⁠ ⁠ To Vanderlee’s surprise, however, Vargas-Cortes arrived at the Dec. 23 appointment with an engagement ring taped to his arm. Though it took him a moment to realize what has happening when he rolled back Vargas-Cortes’s shirt sleeve, Vanderlee happily accepted the proposal as his colleagues applauded. ⁠ ⁠ “It was just an amazing moment after I figured it out,” Vanderlee told CNN, noting that he still had to administer the vaccine to his fiancé after the big gesture. ⁠ ⁠ The Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center uploaded a short video of the proposal to its Facebook page last week. As of Monday afternoon, the clip had received more than 8,000 likes and garnered gushing responses from viewers. ⁠ ⁠ “Best proposal of the year, hands down,” one person wrote. Added another, “If you like it you should put a ring and vaccine on it! Congrats!! This is good news!”⁠ ⁠ Speaking to The New York Times, Vanderlee said he volunteered to help distribute the vaccine in December, just weeks after his 86-year old grandfather, Norman, died of COVID-19. “I want to be a part of this end,” he said. “I feel like I can’t pass this up. It’s like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be the one giving the vaccine if I have the chance.”⁠ ⁠ See the video at our link in bio! // 📷 Sanford Health/Facebook」1月5日 11時03分