A pair of siblings surprised their father by buying back his 1993 Ford Mustang GT nearly 20 years after he sold it to pay for their mother’s cancer treatments.
Seventeen years ago, Wesley Ryan decided to part with his beloved 1993 Ford Mustang GT when medical bills began piling up after his wife was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
His children never forgot the sacrifice he made for their family. So a few weeks ago, they decided to give him a surprise by reuniting him with the car affectionately known as “Christine.”
Wesley’s son, Jake, came across the Mustang GT during a search online, matching the VIN number so he knew it was the same one.
He purchased it from the owner in Kyle, Texas, with the help of his sister, Jeni. Two years earlier, the same owner had refused an offer from the siblings. Now, though, according to the San Antonio Express-News, the owner planned to use money from the sale to help pay for her own mother’s cancer treatments, similar to Wesley’s situation years ago.
Jake took to Facebook to document the moment Wesley was reunited with the beloved car.
“Coming home surprising my pops was a feeling and moment I’ll never forget,” Jake wrote on Facebook. “To see his face and emotion made it all worth it.”
The siblings, along with Jeni’s boyfriend, Julian Valdez, pooled their money together to buy the car and then pulled off the surprise on Sept. 1 near their home in San Antonio.