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Try Not to Cry After Watching This Soldier Dad Surprise His Two Young Children at a Hockey Game

Mar. 12, 2013 7:02pm Jason Howerton

Heartwarming Vid: Young Children Lose It When Surprised By Their Soldier Dad at Hockey Game

(YouTube)

Siblings Karisma, 12, and Phillip Gallardo, 11, of Covington, Ky., were thrilled to attend a local hockey game with almost all their family members Saturday night.

The children’s dad, Army. Sgt. First Class Phillip Gallardo, had been honorably serving in Afghanistan. Little did the kids know, their father would be at that hockey game too.

Karisma and Phillip were called down to center ice during the Cincinnati Cyclones game by a member of the team’s marketing department. The kids thought they had been randomly selected out of the crowd to drop the ceremonial puck at the start of the game.

However, the real reason they were called down to the ice was so they could see their soldier dad, whom they hadn’t seen in over a year.

“It was outstanding,” said Gallardo, who had just got home from a roughly one year deployment in Afghanistan. “They were very excited.”

Watch the touching video via ABC’s World News Now:

(H/T: ABC News Blog)

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Comments (20)

rochrealtor
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:30am
Four tours…….what a hero. God Bless you and your family! Thank you for taking care of us. We are battling here to save our Republic for you, when you come back. God’s speed.

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migs53
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 4:57am
OMG big WHOOP. I live in an army base and our parents traveling to Afganistan is back. Not to mention most of our parents don’t fire a shots. Lets stop making it seem like everyone who is in the military is rambo.

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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:33am
  I am a former Army dependent who lived on a variety of Army posts. I recall the Army used the word “post” and the Air Force used the word “base” to describe the military installation. It must have changed over time.
  
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- Bloody Sam
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:49am
  Who p!$$3d in your corn Flakes this morning?
  
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BobLy
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:23pm
This meeting of a Dad and his family truly represents what the Real America is all about.

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Horsewithnoname
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:09pm
All four of the family must be used to ice balancing. They could’ve easily flipped over and been injured. Not totally thought out, but well intentioned. God Bless this family. We need to RE START THE DRAFT so there will be less need to recycle the same brave, tired warriors over and over. The women say they want to do too, okay, let them do so. Be a government issue and serve your country just like a man would. Please Lord, protect this soldier whilst he serves.

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- Libertarian B 4 Libertarians Were Cool
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:29pm
  “RE START THE DRAFT”?
  
  The draft is involuntary servitude, a form of slavery… Sorry, Mr. NeoCon time to stop these BS wars!
  
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- chingachgook
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:51am
  With a draft you have a citizen army. Not perfect but most every male in the country has to at least think about the service. With out a Draft eventually you have a military class. People can just say and think those others can protect us and we remain safe. Let the military do it. In a draft everyone has some skin in the game. A free nation not a slave to be found. Free for all responsibility for all.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:38am
  Horse
  
  I was in the Army during Vietnam. A majority of soldiers were draftees. Many were brave and focused warriors. Some were real problem soldiers who, in many cases, caused others to be wounded or killed due to their lack of focus.
  
  The draft sucked big time.
  
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Harrison_Bergeron
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 8:53pm
Although Cyclops would be a great name for a team.

How ’bout a team in San Francisco?

The San Francisco Cyclops. A myopic juggernaut of total destruction.
Nancy Pelosi could be the mascot if they could get her on a leash.

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Harrison_Bergeron
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 8:44pm
Ben Franklin, thanks for responding. It was a sincere question.
Monk, this is my first time posting. Glad to see the story of Harrison is not lost.

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Harrison_Bergeron
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 7:41pm
Cincinnati CYCLONES. simple, simple intern journalism Blaze. This kind of stuff happens all the time on this site. I defend the content, but this place needs a lot of work and a total makeover. I have tried this site on many different computers as well, is it me or does the content load very slowly and the scroll erratic?

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- Ben__Franklin
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 7:58pm
  Its you. No issues with loading or scrolling.
  
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- SovereignSoul
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 8:14pm
  It’s not just you. There are some design flaws, and yes the ‘journalism’ is often unprofessional with certain contributors being more chronic offenders than others. Much of the content is interesting, but one has to wonder how much fact checking is involved when a writer can’t even be bothered to spell check.
  Sadly, this seems to be the direction of all online journalism as one can find the same problems in online versions of USA Today and The Wall Street Journal as well as most other major news outlets. I would venture to guess that many readers don’t care as much about the professionalism as they care about getting the ‘facts’ that fit their particular philosophy, be they liberal or conservative.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 8:23pm
  Harrison_Bergeron
  
  What happened to the rest of your name? You used to be I_AM_HARRISON_BERGERON. Did some troll try to hijack your account? Come on back…
  
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powedj
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 7:22pm
Oops I forgot the tissues.

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FISH_BONE
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 7:21pm
After the hugs were over, Mom pulled young Phillip’s shirt over his head and punched him the nose several times while Karisma checked her dad into the barrier then took a swing at Mom with her stick. There were no serious injuries; however, all family members were placed in the penalty box for 7 minutes.

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- asybot12
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 7:26pm
  Your moniker says it all ….BONEHEAD!
  
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- Dolfenn24
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 7:27pm
  Thanks for the laugh….that was great!
  
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- SaturdaysWarrior76
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 8:00pm
  haha! Love that humor! :)
  I was worried about the kids running toward him, and slamming face first into the ice… but he caught them thank goodness!
  
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