Watch: Air Force dad returns home to surprise sons at school
Master Sgt. David Demarest just wrapped up a two-month deployment in Germany — his sixth deployment. The 20-year Air Force Veteran works in Aircraft maintenance with the 9-11th Airlift Wing out of Pittsburgh.
Master Sgt. Demarest walked into the cafeteria on Monday and surprised his two boys, Mason and Riley, who weren't expecting to see their father at school.
'It's a whole lot of emotions at once and sometimes it's hard to keep it all in,' Demarest said. 'You want to try and keep your composure about things, but when you've been missing them for so long and you finally get to see them. And every single time, they're always so much bigger. You're like, 'Holy cow! You're just so much bigger!' It's just so exciting.'
The boys had some requests for souvenirs, and of course, Dad didn't come home empty-handed. Mason and Riley wanted a German cookbook, a toy and some baguettes.
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