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Engagement photos go viral

Lauren Kate Rawlins
By Lauren Kate Rawlins, ITWeb digital and innovation contributor.
Johannesburg, 29 Jun 2015
A proposal atop the Eiffel Tower was caught on camera, but the couple disappeared before the photographer could get to them.
A proposal atop the Eiffel Tower was caught on camera, but the couple disappeared before the photographer could get to them.

An American tourist captured the auspicious moment of a couple getting engaged in Paris, and now hopes to find them through Facebook.

In a Facebook post, Jen Hurd Bohn said: "Saw this guy propose to this girl on the Eiffel Tower Sunday 6/21/15. Wanted to send them the pics but was stuck in line. Help me find them!" along with five pictures of the moment she captured.

Two days after the post was put up, it was shared more than 74 000 times. By this morning, the post had been shared over 170 000 times, with Facebook users urging friends to share the post with people they know living in Paris.

"[The chances are] super duper slim," said Bohn in a comment. "But I want to at least try! I've got friends across the country, and by their clothes I'm guessing they're from the US. Somebody knows somebody who was engaged in Paris last week and got engaged."

Bohn said in an interview with a regional TV station, she really saw an increase in shares when actress, Candice Cameron Bure, who played DJ Tanner in the sitcom "Full House", shared the post. "From there, it really went crazy; the last time I checked she had 35 000 likes on the post she had shared," said Bohn.

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