A military officer recently returned home to surprise his mother, a police sergeant, just in time for the holidays. Second-class soldier Daeveon Oliver and police sergeant Samora Church of St. Petersburg, Florida, joined “Fox & Friends” after their exciting meeting.
“I was ecstatic. I was very happy to see you. I didn’t think I would see you until after the first day of the year, ”Church told Fox & Friends Monday.
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After military officers approved his request to return home, Oliver said family members and supervisors at the Church’s police station helped to cause the surprise.
“I called my aunt so she could pick me up at the airport,” Oliver said. “She was the only person at home who knew at the time, so that was one of the key factors that helped me make the surprise better.”
With the help of his aunt, Oliver surprised his grandmother the night of his arrival. Oliver’s grandmother called Church’s supervisors to put the plan into action.
“My grandmother, she was able to speak to the lieutenants so that we could come up with a plan to say that someone down there had a complaint,” said Oliver.
When Church responded to the “complaint”, his son was there waiting.
“She goes down, she goes to the double doors, and I’m waiting around the corner,” Oliver said. “I was like, ‘Officer, I have a problem’, and that’s when it obviously melts right there.”
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Church said that while she understands that Oliver is doing important work in the army, she is happy to have her son at home on vacation.
“It meant everything,” said Church. “I have two younger children and they are missing their brother like crazy, just as I miss him like crazy.”
“Having all my little pieces together meant everything to me,” she added.