Boston mayor's chief of staff stages creative marriage proposal at marathon finish line
On Monday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s chief of staff, Dan Koh, ran the city's famed Boston Marathon with his girlfriend, Amy Sennett, who took home an engagement ring in addition to a finisher's medal.
Dan Koh proposed to his girlfriend at the finish line with an assist from @marty_walsh. http://t.co/NkdZL1mk4v pic.twitter.com/6I36a38KOK
— Boston.com (@BostonDotCom) April 20, 2015
Koh's proposal actually began around the 24.8-mile mark, about 1.4 miles before the finish line, according to Boston.com. Koh recruited 12 helpers to hold up a sign bearing a line from a proposal poem he wrote her. The sign holders stood 0.1 miles apart so Sennett would read it as she approached the finish. It read:
And when she got there, Mayor Walsh presented the ring.
Here's what Koh had to say afterward:
cbsboston: RT PaulWBZ: Dan koh Amy Sennett mayors chief of staff gets engaged #wbz#bostonmarathon pic.twitter.com/ZbN8zeYCug
— Dale Burges (@CoordinatorS_) April 20, 2015
Aren't #BostonMarathon engagements just the best? http://t.co/ZeyG2UsDb9 pic.twitter.com/6yElnIl4KH
— Alex E. Weaver (@alexeweaver) April 20, 2015
Thank you so much for all the well-wishes. @amysennett and I are so happy. Shout out to the best boss ever @marty_walsh. #bostonmarathon
— Daniel Arrigg Koh (@dank) April 20, 2015
