MASON, Ohio — Everett Linton's face lit up as he climbed into a semi-truck. At 88 years old, the former truck driver was about to take one more ride for a very special reason.

"I'm ridin', I'm going to see my wife," said Linton.

Luminary Hospice Cincinnati and workers at the Mason Assisted Living and Memory Care arranged the surprise trip on Friday, reuniting Linton with two loves of his life: trucking and his wife Patricia, whom he hadn't seen in about a year.

"How do you feel about seeing her right now?" I asked him.

Linton simply clapped his hands in excitement.

88-year-old's final truck ride leads to emotional reunion with wife

The 88-year-old spent 30 years behind the wheel of semi-trucks, driving until he was 80 after serving in the Air Force from 1957 to 1959. Though he's now

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