Yahoo News Woman Beats Cancer and Accepts Marriage Proposal on the Same Day
A woman beat cancer and accepted a marriage proposal from her high school sweetheart in North Carolina on Wednesday, March 20, footage shows.
Footage posted to TikTok shows 27-year-old Angelica May walking out into the hallway of Novant Health Zimmer Cancer Institute in Wilmington after completing her last chemotherapy session for stage-two triple-negative breast cancer. May’s family and friends applaud her before gifting her with 10 roses to symbolize the decade shared with her now-fiance, Imeek Watkins. May tearfully accepts Watkins’s marriage proposal as their friends and family cheer them on.
“He had my whole medical team on board with his planning and they were crying happy tears,” May told Storyful. Credit: Angelica May via Storyful
Video transcript
[BELL RINGING]
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE]
- Look at that.
- You left the door open.
- You did it, girl! You did it!
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- Yeah, you did it.
- Love you.
- Love you.
- You did it.
- Aww.
[CHATTER]
- --a little behind me? People behind me?
- Mhm.
- Hey, grandma.
- Aww.
- Yeah, grandma.
- Hey, bonus mom.
- Hey, auntie.
- Congratulations.
- Hey, cousin.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Hi.
- I'm sorry I couldn't come.
- You ready?
- It's OK, girl.
- You ready?
- Yeah.
- You got this?
- Oh man.
[CHEERING]
- Come on, girl. Let's go, girl.
[APPLAUSE]
- Here you go. Baby cousin. You did it.
- Come on, sweetie.
- You did it! You did it, beautiful! You did it!
- You did it, girl. Yeah!
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE]
- You did it, girl.
- Oh my god.
- Oh.
- You did it, girl.
- I'm about to cry. Oh no.
- OK. Look at that. Yeah. Girl.
- You did it.
- You did that.
- Aww.
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE]
- So look, it's 10 roses. We've been together 10 years. My brother wasn't able to be here because he had a baby yesterday. And his-- my niece, his daughter, wanted to say something to Jelly before I say what I got to say. So--
- It's that-- Congratulations, Auntie Jelly.
- Aww.
- He would like to know, will you marry him?
- Oh!
[APPLAUSE]
- Oh my god.
[LAUGHTER]
- Oh wow.
- Wow.
- So I'm going to start off just by saying--
- It's OK.
- I'm proud of you. We've been together 10 years. It's been a rough 10 years, rocky 10 years. You had my back. I had your back. Everything I went through, you always had my back. When I left and traveled, played ball, you always had my back. Every decision I had, you was always for it.
Just everything we've been through, you just always been there. And just seeing you go through this just shows me how strong you is. For you to be this young just going through something like this, it just-- it's just amazing how you just pushed through it and finished this whole process.
So I just want to say, like, I love you. And I want to know will you like, will you marry me?
- Yes.
- Aww.
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE]
- Oh Jesus.
- Oh!
[CHATTER]
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE]
[CHATTER]
[LAUGHTER]
- Oh my god.
[CHATTER]
