Soldier Surprises Mother At Pistons Game With Early Homecoming [VIDEO]
By Edward Cardenas
@elcardenas
AUBURN HILLS (CBS Detroit) -- Gloria Gaynor may have been the scheduled halftime show during the Pistons-Bulls game Saturday, but U.S. Army Private Namon Bledsoe stole the show.
Bledsoe, who has been serving with the U.S. Army for the past year in South Korea, surprised his mother with the help of the Pistons.
Surprise reunion at the @DetroitPistons game tonight as Pvt. Namin Bledsoe surprised his mom @ThePalace. @WWJ950 pic.twitter.com/6H0Z0BAfVa
— Edward Cardenas (@elcardenas) March 22, 2015
Such a treat meeting Private Namon Bledsoe & his famliy at the @DetroitPistons game!!! @FOXSportsDet @ThePalace pic.twitter.com/P25IAcefEq
— Gloria Gaynor (@gloriagaynor) March 22, 2015
A surprise of a lifetime! Private Namon Bledsoe returned home to see his mom Denise at halftime! #HoopsForTroops pic.twitter.com/RlswbINVTO
— Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) March 22, 2015
His mother was given courtside seats to watch Gaynor's shows, and after her performance, the singer walked to her seat to introduce the game's guest of honor.
Andre Drummond escorted Bledsoe --who was in his Army uniform -- to his surprised mother.
"I was ecstatic," said Denise Edwards. "I didn't think I was going to see him for another couple of months."
Her son was equally happy to be reunited.
"It was a good surprise," Bledsoe said.