Watch this soldier surprise his mom in Atlanta after being deployed for 2 years
"I'm proud of you," US Army Spc. Shakir Aquill said to his mother, L.J. Williamson."We've got one more week."Instead, it was only one more minute. The pep rally was for the D.M. Therrell High School basketball team, the defending Georgia AA champions and currently ranked No. 1 in the state. As the team and cheerleaders charged into the gym, Aquill emerged from behind them, dressed in his Army fatigues.
Aquill considers his mom a best friend and wanted surprise her, so he asked his aunt a month and a half ago to help put together this surprise for his"momma bear.""It's surreal. It's definitely a surprise. I didn't expect it. I was looking forward to him being home next week," Williamson said. She wasn't the only one surprised. Earlier in the day, Aquill surprised his little brother Justin, a seventh grader at Wesley International Academy Charter School.
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