25-year-old Alexander Kasi was waiting for a male friend to appear through the gates at Heathrow airport when he got he surprise of his life.
His friend didn’t show up. Instead, he was greeted by his New York-based girlfriend Alexandra Suriano, 27.
Alexandra not only surprised him with her own presence, but was joined by a choir singing a mash-up of Clean Bandit’s ‘Rather Be’ and ‘I Wanna Be Your Lover’ by Prince.
She then held up cards, reading: “I have just (very excitedly) travelled across the Atlantic for 5,000 km and seven hours spend a romantic weekend together.
“I love you so much. Will you please join me? And hug me already?”
Alexandra said: “Alex lives in London and I live in New York. We are currently doing long distance but manage to see each other roughly every other month.
VIDEO: HUSBAND REUNITES WIFE WITH WEDDING RING LOST 15 YEARS AGO
“Alex is from Switzerland and I am from El Salvador, but we're both highly international. We were introduced to each other by a mutual friend in New York and after a month we decided we wanted to do long distance together.
“We also realised we worked at the same bank and we had gone to the same university at different years. We've been together for 8 months.”
She continued, explaining why she decided to make such a grand gesture.
Alexandra said: “The surprise was just because. He surprised me in New York by showing up in July and I wanted to do something similar.”
You may also be interested in: VIDEO: HONG KONG PROTESTER PROPOSES TO GIRLFRIEND IN THE CROWD