As Jason Zygowski waved to the crowds along the pre-parade route Monday morning, there was a little extra sparkle on his right index finger.
Around his finger, only sliding down as far as the base of his nail, was a diamond engagement ring. Somewhere in that crowd was his girlfriend, Christy Adams. The ring belonged with her.
The fire engine crawled along the parade route, turned left onto Main Street from Goold, and headed south, toward the end of the parade, and toward Christy.
Jason, 31, looked out the window and waved, smiling a little at the early-morning crowd, then he sat back in his seat and let out a big sigh. He was nervous.
“I’m getting nervous,” he said. “I didn’t think I would be.”
Christy, 34, was watching for his truck from a chair in front of Don & Dale’s Service, 1338 N. Main St., with her two daughters. All she expected was a wave. Maybe a kiss blown from the window of the fire truck. He’d gotten up early with her and the girls, helped them pick a good parade spot, set up the chairs. They went out for breakfast, then he went to work and they went to the parade.
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