Horrible scare turns into surprise marriage proposal

  • Joseph Elkins pretended to be a patient in respiratory distress to scare his ER nurse girlfriend Shannon Bingham
  • She rushes into the room and her mouth drops in horror when she realizes her boyfriend is on the gurney 
  • ‘Oh my gosh! Don’t do that to me,’ Bingham sighs when she realizes he’s healthy
  • The fitness instructor gets off the gurney and kneels in front of Bingham and asks her to marry him
  • She answers ‘yes’ to the claps and cheers of the hospital staff surrounding them

Hilarious video captured a man giving his girlfriend a horrible scare before surprising her with a marriage proposal.

Fitness instructor Joseph Elkins, from Thatcher, Arizona, shocked his ER nurse girlfriend, Shannon Bingham, while she was on shift.

He pretended to be a patient who was just admitted to the emergency room before popping the question.

Fitness instructor Joseph Elkins, from Thatcher, Arizona, decided to pop the question to his ER nurse girlfriend, Shannon Bingham, while she was on shift

Video shows Bingham's eyes widen and her mouth drop realizing that the patient is Elkins, before she realizes he's not in actual distress

Video shows Bingham’s eyes widen and her mouth drop realizing that the patient is Elkins, before she realizes he’s not in actual distress

'Oh my gosh! Don't do that to me,' she sighs out of relief as she takes off her latex gloves

‘Oh my gosh! Don’t do that to me,’ she sighs out of relief as she takes off her latex gloves

Bingham was in the middle of her shift when she was called into the ER to assist with a patient in respiratory distress.

Video shows her eyes widen and her mouth drop realizing that the patient is Elkins, before she realizes he’s not in actual distress.

‘Oh my gosh! Don’t do that to me,’ Bingham sighs out of relief as she takes off her latex gloves.

As Bingham walks to one end of the room, Elkins gets off the gurney and kneels down in front of her with a white ring box as he asks: 'Will you marry me?'

As Bingham walks to one end of the room, Elkins gets off the gurney and kneels down in front of her with a white ring box as he asks: 'Will you marry me?'

As Bingham walks to one end of the room, Elkins gets off the gurney and kneels down in front of her with a white ring box as he asks: ‘Will you marry me?’

'I'm like shaking,' she laughs as Elkins slips the ring on her finger and gives her a hug to the cheers and claps from the staff surrounding them

‘I’m like shaking,’ she laughs as Elkins slips the ring on her finger and gives her a hug to the cheers and claps from the staff surrounding them

The proposal video was uploaded to YouTube in April 2015 and the couple (pictured was married in May 2015

The proposal video was uploaded to YouTube in April 2015 and the couple (pictured was married in May 2015

As she walks to one end of the room, Elkins gets off the gurney and kneels down in front of her with a white ring box as he asks: ‘Will you marry me?’ 

Bingham manages to answer ‘yes’ in between screams of ‘Oh my god!’

‘I’m like shaking,’ she laughs as Elkins slips the ring on her finger and gives her a hug to the cheers and claps of the staff surrounding them.

The proposal video was uploaded to YouTube in April 2015 and the couple was married in May 2015. 

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