{"id":15220,"date":"2017-06-27T19:01:54","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T19:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15220"},"modified":"2017-06-27T19:01:54","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T19:01:54","slug":"firefighters-help-veteran-surprise-his-wife-and-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15220","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters help veteran surprise his wife and son"},"content":{"rendered":"

(KGTV<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0It was a surprise more than a year in the making.<\/p>\n

Tim Gomez surprised his girlfriend, Erika Salazar and her nine-year-old son, Sebastian on Monday.\u00a0 Gomez is a retired soldier, serving in the Army for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n

This time, Gomez was in Afghanistan working as a Civilian for the Department of Defense.\u00a0 He was there for more 386 days and returned home Friday. \u00a0Erika and her son expected him back in August.<\/p>\n

While Gomez was overseas, his girlfriend and son developed a unique relationship with the National City Fire Department because the 9-year-old gave the fire department a U.S. flag that Tim gave him that flew over Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Gomez and Salazar were working on a surprise for the Sebastian in August. But Tim decided to turn it around and surprise them both.<\/p>\n

Gomez did it with the help of firefighters at the National City Fire Department. They invited Salazar and her son over thinking it was a special meal with the fire station.\u00a0 During that time, they had Gomez dress up as a firefighter with a mask.<\/p>\n

WATCH HERE\u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

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