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WBZ-TV's Kate Merrill And Sailor Re-Enact Famous Photo

BOSTON (CBS) - You never know what will happen on live television.

During the broadcast Thursday night of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, WBZ-TV's Kate Merrill got quite a surprise.

Petty officer first class Jason Thompson of Detroit re-enacted this famous photo from Times Square at the end of World War II.

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Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic photo on the cover of the August 27, 1945 issue of LIFE magazine. (Photo credit GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Watch what happens when Kate's co-anchor David Wade sets them up:

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The clip caught the eye of the producers of CBS This Morning and it made their "Eyeopener" segment Friday on national television.

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