COVID-19 vaccine comes with marriage proposal for South Dakota nurse
Eric Vanderlee, a registered nurse in Canton, has been helping administer COVID-19 vaccines to fellow healthcare workers. On Dec. 23, Vanderlee's boyfriend, Robby Vargas-Cortes, an EMS supervisor, came to the Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center to take his turn. He also brought a surprise literally hidden up his sleeve.
3:16 pm, Dec. 31, 2020
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Robby Vargas-Cortes surprises boyfriend Eric Vanderlee, a registered nurse with Sanford Health, with a wedding ring just as Vanderlee planned to give Vargas-Cortes a COVID-19 vaccine dose in Canton, South Dakota on Dec. 23. screenshot/Sanford Health
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in South Dakota came with a welcome side effect: a marriage proposal.