Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
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Health
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
An elderly couple tied the knot in an Alabama emergency room in a romantic spur-of-the-moment ceremony made possible by the hospital’s big-hearted staffers.
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couple → tie → staffers
John Como and his then-fiance Diane were on their way to get their marriage certificate notarized on Sept. 5 when John, 79, received a chilling call from his doctor.
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John → get → doctor
The physician said John’s bloodwork came back abnormally and urged him to go to Huntsville Hospital, the hospital explained.
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hospital → say → Hospital
The disheartened lovebirds headed to the ER, where nurse practitioner Beth Gates learned that John’s health scare derailed their highly anticipated wedding plans.
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scare → head → plans
Gates decided she couldn’t sit idly by and watch the disappointment, so she went scouring the hospital for a licensed notary.
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she → decide → notary
“They were such a sweet couple, it was the least I could do,” Gates said.
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Gates → do → ?
She ultimately summoned Shoyna Alexander, a notary who works in the hospital’s security office, to help salvage John and Diane’s special day.
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who → summon → day
Alexander dropped everything to join the couple and staff in the wedding venue – ER exam room C-29.
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Alexander → drop → venue
John, wearing a hospital gown, and Diane, sporting a white pantsuit with a black-and-white checkered blouse, signed their marriage certificate, said their “I dos” and exchanged adorable yellow paper rings made by an onlooking ER patient, Samantha Ring.
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John → wear → patient
The groom then leaned forward on his hospital bed to kiss his bride, “bringing some smiles back to what had been a scary and unusual day,” the hospital said.
But the unconventional ceremony was just the start of the celebration – with hospital staffers making sure the IVs and medical machinery didn’t get in the way of a good time.
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IVs → lean → time
Licensed nurse Keria Lightfoot bought flowers, cupcakes, plastic champagne flutes and sparkling grape juice for the last-minute party — and ER attendant Nolan Bearden made a “Just Married” sign.
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Bearden → buy → sign
“It just warmed our hearts that they would care enough to do that,” John said.
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John → warm → that
“We were in this terrible situation of having to go to the emergency department, but they made it a golden moment.
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it → have → department
People need to know that the staff at Huntsville Hospital has a heart.”
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staff → need → heart
John, a retired Army colonel, ended up being admitted to the oncology unit, but was released on Sept. 23.
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John → end → Sept.
He was thrilled to embark on married life with Diane, a lifelong acquaintance he started dating after his wife of over 40 years died about a year ago.
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wife → thrill → years
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