Viral video captures moment woman beats cancer and has surprise wedding proposal

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Back in September of 2023, Wilmington native Angelica May received a phone call she never thought was coming.

“She was like do you want to come in or do you want me to tell you over the phone?”

A doctor from Novant Health NHRMC called to give her the news.

“So, I said you can just tell me over the phone there’s no way it’s cancer,” May continued.

After finding a lump in her breast in July, May was diagnosed with an aggressive type of stage 2 breast cancer two months later.

“I still wasn’t processing the fact that I have breast cancer. My life is literally about to change,” she said.

She called her long-time boyfriend, Imeek Watkins, to tell him the news.

“The whole car ride home I was just like we’re gonna get through the process,” Watkins said.

The pair has been together …