“Luke cried, well, we were all crying, but you could just see the excitement in Luke’s face and how much he had missed his dad.”
“He’s been gone since I was in first grade,” said Luke, who started second grade this year.“He doesn’t fly, but he fixes planes and helicopters,” Luke said.“He always wants the best for us. He always provides for us and does everything that we need,” said Mandy, his wife. “He sacrifices, his time to go and do things to help, benefit us.”“Talking on the phone and FaceTime just isn’t the same as seeing dad in person,” she said.“He had to do a double take at first.
Captured on video, Luke can be seen running into his dad’s arms, his mom standing nearby watching the reunion, over a year in the making.This story was originally reported by Megan Mannering on lex18.com.