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NBC Chopper4’s Brad Freitas surprises girlfriend with soaring proposal

NBC Washington’s eye in the sky, Brad Freitas, planned an interesting and fitting marriage proposal for the love of his life.

Freitas, aerial photographer for WTOP’s news partner NBC4, brought his girlfriend of six years, Kara, in the helicopter Friday to ask her to marry him.

During the flight, an unsuspecting Kara spotted a large sign on the ground that was held by family and friends from all over the country.

It read, “Kara will you marry Brad?”

Joyfully, she responded, “Are you serious, I’m going to cry!”

Of course, as Brad’s producers pointed out — nothing was official until they were safely on the ground, and he was on one knee.

Check out the full proposal below:

Former Brazilian au pair testifies her ex-lover plotted to kill his wife, though lacks some details

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A former Brazilian au pair testified on Wednesday that she turned against her former lover in a sprawling double homicide scheme involving his wife because she “wanted the truth to come out.” For more than a year, Juliana Peres Magalhães did not speak with officials about the 2023 killings of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan, or about Brendan Banfield’s alleged involvement. But attorneys say that days before her own criminal trial, the former au pair changed her mind and began to talk. Now, Brendan Banfield is facing a trial in the aggravated murder of his wife and Ryan, and Magalhães’ testimony has become a key component of prosecutors’ case. Banfield, who has pleaded not guilty, could face life in prison if convicted. The way officials tell it, Banfield and Magalhães lured Ryan to their house. The two then shot him, staging the scene to look as if Ryan had been a predator stabbing Christine Banfield.
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