Patchogue man makes a marathon proposal

Jill Mahon thought her boyfriend Dave Ludin might have had something up his sleeve at the Long Island Marathon Sunday when she heard that all four of their parents would be coming into town to watch as he ran in his first marathon. Then, moments after a breathless Ludin crossed the finish line, he presented her with a handmade gold ring he had made using a 50 euro coin the couple got on a recent trip to Venice and crafted its box from the branch of a tree near their Patchogue home. Credit: Craig Saint Denis