bring out the tissues for this one. An elementary school student in Rio Rancho gets an early birthday gift. Right anchor. Sasha Linenger has the entire moment caught on camera. You're for fifth grader Tyler Tafoya, his Tuesday was about to get much better. Tyler was just a baby for my last deployment. So he had, He had no recollection of that. But this time around the 10 year old mrs Dan, you can see chief Master Sergeant ruble Tafoya in the background as the son takes photos. I wanted to do it since since a while ago. I had no idea how I was going to do it or how I was going to pull it off or you know what the plan would be. But since I showed up to the school, it was the principle that had that idea and it worked as Tyler was focused on the camera. Dad pops in for a photo and when he looked at the photo he thought for a second, I was like, what the heck he beat that. I was a cardboard cut out or that they photoshopped me in but it's real dad pops out. Then this embrace happens. He just kept holding me, which was, which I thought was was that was awesome. That was a great feeling. Um, he had little tears in his eyes and that was about to start. But um, yeah, he, you didn't want to let me go. That was a great building. Tyler's birthday is in a couple of weeks and no better way to celebrate than with dad back home. I'm Sasha Linenger K await action. Seven news. Oh, come on, Dad! We know you cried Well, Chief Master Sergeant Tafoya was helping with Operation Allies refuge the movement out of Afghanistan. Then he was moved to a humanitarian mission, helping them find places to live. So welcome home and thank you for your service. Mm hmm. Right. DURING A LIVE CEREMONY NOVEMBER 16, AT 7:00 P.M ON THE NEW MEXICO MAGAZINE FACEBOOK PAGE. SHELLY: BRING OUT THE TISSUES FO THIS ONE. IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT GETS AN EARLY BIRTHDAY GIFT. DOUG: ANCHOR SASHA LENNINGERAS H THE ENTIRE MOMENT, CAUGHT ON CAMERA. ♪ SASHA: FOR 5TH GRADER TYLER TAFOYA, HIS TUESDAY WAS ABOUT TO GET MUCH BETR.TE >> TYLER WAS JUST A BABY FROM MY LAST DEPLOYMENT, SO HE HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF THAT. SHELLY: BUT THIS TIME AROUND, THE 10-YEAR-OLD MIEDSS HIS DAD. YOU CAN SEE CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT RUBEL TAFOYA, IN THE BACKGROUND, AS HIS SON TESAK PHOTOS. >> I WANTED TO DO IT SINCE A WHILE AGO. I HAD NO IDEA HOW I WAS GOING TO DO IT OR HOW I WAS GOING TO PULL IT OFF, OR WHAT THE PLAN WOULD BE. BUT AS SOON AS I SHOWED UP TO THE SCHOOL, IT WAS THE PRINCIPAL THAT HAD THAT IDEA. SASHA: AND IT WORKED. AS TYLER WAS FOCUSED ON THE CAMERA, DAD POPS IN FOA R PHOTO. >> THEN WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE PHOTO, HE THOUGHT FOR A SECOND, LIKE, WHAT THE HECK? HE THOUGHT I WAS A CARDBRDOA CUTOUT, OR THAT THEY PHOTOSHOPPED ME IN. SASHA: BUT ITS REAL. DAD POPS OUT, THEN THIS EMBRACE PPHAS. ♪ >> HE JUST KEPT HOLDING ME. WHICH I FELT, IT WAS AWESOME. THAT WAS A GREAT FEELING. HE HAD LITTLE TEARS IN HIS ESYE AND I WAS ABOUT TO START. BUT, YEAH, HE DIDNT WANT TO LET MEO. G THAT WAS A GREAT FEELING. SASHA: TYLER’S BIRTHDAY’S AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND NO BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE, THAN WITH DAD BACK HOME. SASHA LENNINGER, KOAT ACTION 7 NE.WS DOUG: D, WE KNOW YOU CRIED. [LAUGHTER] CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT TAFOYA WAS HELPING WITH "OPERATION ALLIES REFUGE," THE MOVEMENT OUOFT AFGHANISTAN. THEN, HE WAS MOVED T