Fitness instructor Joseph Elkins disguised himself as a patient with respiratory problems before whipping off his oxygen mask and proposing to nurse girlfriend Shannon Bingham.
The surprise proposal took place at a hospital in Thatcher, Arizona, and Shannon said "yes".
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