A pair of hero rowers saved a bride’s big day by rescuing her wedding veil after it blew into a river.
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Newlyweds Tina and Steve Appleford had just tied the knot and were posing for wedding photos beside the River Great Ouse in Bedford, England on September 18.
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But a sudden strong gust ripped the bride’s veil from her head and sent it sailing through the air and into the water.
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Steve’s groomsmen attempted a rescue but couldn’t reach the veil before it floated off downstream.
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Luckily, two quick-thinking members of Bedford’s Star Club Rowing spotted the drama unfolding and offered to help.
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The rowers had to work together to stop the veil from sinking with their oars before carefully manoeuvring alongside it to fish it from the water.
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Tina, 54, of Burton Latimer, Northants, said she found the rescue “hilarious” but she had to bin the veil after it turned green from river water.
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The mom-of-two, who works as a senior administrator, said: “We got married at the Bedford Swan Hotel and we went across the river for some photos.
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“They took one of me lying down in the arms of the lads, and that’s when the veil flew off.
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“My husband thought it was a bird coming for him at first and ducked out of the way.
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“We only noticed it was gone after we’d rearranged ourselves.
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“One of our friends noticed some rowers, and they said, ‘don’t worry, I’ll save it’.
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“The rowers came along and helped retrieve it.
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“They were laughing; they were only young lads from the rowing club who helped us, but they were good to help us.
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“They tried throwing it up to us, but that didn’t work, so they managed to stop it from sinking, and then one of the guests ran down to meet them.
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“We just found it hilarious.
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“People kept asking if we were upset by it, but I think it just adds to the day.
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“Someone kindly washed it for us, but by the next morning it had turned green, so we had to bin it.”
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Wedding photographer Samantha Laird captured the bizarre scene and said the pictures made for some rather unique photos for Tina and Steve, 57, a motorcycle instructor.
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Samantha, who runs Laird and Lens Photography, said: “The wind actually wasn’t particularly strong that day.
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“We went over to the river to capture a photo of the groom and his friends lifting the bride, but as we got close to the river there was a freak gust of wind that caught the veil and blew it into the river.”
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The snapper said several wedding guests tried to recover the veil before spotting the rowing crew on the water.
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Samantha said: “A couple of the groom’s friends tried working out a way to rescue it whilst the bride was laughing, luckily, saying: ‘This is hilarious’.
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“One of the men saw the rowers travelling up towards us and ran down towards them to ask for help.
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“The rowers were very eager to help, which I thought was lovely.
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“The first rower fished it out of the river easily but then couldn’t work out how to get it back up to the bride – he threw it, but it didn’t reach the side, so it fell back into the river.
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“The two rowers then had to work together to get it back out using their oars to stop it from sinking.
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“They eventually got it back out and found a lower place to pass it to a groomsman with the help of a member of the public.”
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