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Stacie Scott, The Gazette
Marco, 9, and Amaia Andrade, 8, react when their father, Captain Marco Andrade, surprises them at Springs Ranch Elementary School on Wednesday, November 16, 2016. The children expected their father to return on November 24 and were surprised when he appeared as a "guest speaker" during a small assembly.Three of Army Capt. Marco Andrade’s children — Marco Jr., Amaia and Yen — reported to a school assembly Wednesday morning expecting to hear a presentation from a meteorologist about the weather.
Instead, when the trio was called forward to help with the assembly, their dad popped out and surprised them. “I think I screamed,” 8-year-old Amaia said.
“It was a good fooling,” 9-year-old Marco Andrade Jr. said excitedly. “I was very surprised and happy.”
The children expected Andrade to return from his third tour of duty in Afghanistan on Thanksgiving Day. Andrade, a signal officer, and 339 other Fort Carson soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team actually got back to Colorado Springs on Tuesday night.
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