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  <title><![CDATA[Mechanical Engineering PhD Proposes to Girlfriend ]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>Robby Gill is working on his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech. Now he also has a wedding to plan.</p>

<p>Gill met Erin Breedlove on Georgia Tech&#39;s campus. She works as an academic tutor with the Georgia Tech athletic department.</p>

<p>Their love blossomed, and only a few days after earning his degree Gill was ready to pop the big question. He decided to do it at the spot of their first date.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Gill got down on one knee at Bone Garden Cantina, and held out an arm for Breedlove, who has cerebral palsy.</p>

<p>&quot;Would you make the the happiest and luckiest man on this big blue and green ball of a planet, and marry me?&quot; He asked.</p>

<p>Breedlove said yes, of course.</p>

<p>&ldquo;I was overjoyed that a man like him would choose a woman like me to be his life partner,&rdquo; Breedlove told Atlanta <a href="http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/georgia-woman-with-cerebral-palsy-shares-sweet-proposal/525328398">news station WSB.</a></p>

<p>Family and friends were there to share the moment, and a photographer secretly captured it all as well.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adYTBtH737Y">Watch the full proposal here.</a> (Make sure you have a tissue!)</p>
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      <value><![CDATA[<p>Steven Norris</p>

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<p>Georgia Tech Institute Communications</p>
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