Exclusive: U.S Marine suprises her dad, a TSA Agent at RSW, for Christmas

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LEE COUNTY, Fla.,- Only on WINK, A TSA agent at RSW gets the ultimate Christmas present! His daughter, a Marine, surprised him while he was working. Only WINK News was there as Corporal Angelina Burow made his Christmas wish come true.

It’s the priceless reaction of a TSA agent as his daughter, a U.S. Marine, surprises him at work.

“Wow!… Hi dad!”

Shocked beyond belief, you can see this dad trying to figure out what just happened.

“I’m at a loss for words right now, I’m nervous and shocked, as well,” said Cpl. Angelina Burow.

His daughter drove from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina all the way to Southwest Florida to spend Christmas with her dad.

“This is my only opportunity to have a surprise Christmas with him,” Cpl. Burow told WINK News.

Corporal Angelina Burows thought her dad saw her as she was walking down the concourse, but, he didn’t realize the marine dressed in her uniform was his daughter.

“I was like ‘dad, it’s me. It was funny.”

After a couple of hugs, one of the first things the two did, was compare shoes!

“We are going to have father, daughter time we never got to have. It’s never too late.”

This is the very first Christmas father and daughter will spend together.

“26 years, my whole life, my first Christmas with him.”

Family issues split them up when she a baby and they just met a year ago.

“I was so excited, I was trying not to speed to get here.”

Cpl. Burows says her dad has been text messaging her– saying he wishes they could spend Christmas together.

“I was saying, I know, I know, my unit isn’t gong to let me go.”

And now, a Christmas miracle has come true!

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