OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Upon arrival at Epley Field, the families are reunited.
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The cook begins with a plan to surprise his son.
“He’s just expecting me,” said Tim Cook. “But unbeknownst to him, I am bringing the wife and her adopted sister along.”
“I don’t think he has a clue,” said Jewell Cook. “He knows I have a job and he knew it would probably be difficult for me to leave Grand Island, where we are from, so I couldn’t be here to pick him up.”
So when USMC Cpl. Tanner Cook met his father in Terminal A at Epley Airfield, not seeing his mother or sister coming.
“They definitely caught me off guard,” said Tanner Cook.
An Osprey mechanic based out of Marine Corp Air Station New River, Tanner now has her eyes — and stomach — set on a home-cooked Thanksgiving feast that begins with her favorite, her mom’s green bean casserole.
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