Video: Fire chief makes surprise proposal

By Emily Gillespie
Statesman Journal 

SALEM, Ore. — Dressed in his Class A’s, Salem firefighter Richard Beaudoin stood in the entry of the West Salem Courthouse Athletic Club on Monday morning.

In his hand, he clutched a little blue box with an engagement ring inside.

“I’ve been in so many fires, but this scared me 10 times more than any fire I’ve been in,” he said.

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