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Canada groom saves child from drowning in river | Canada groom saves child from drowning in river |
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A wedding photoshoot in Canada took an unexpectedly dramatic turn as the bridegroom leapt into a river to save a little boy from drowning. | |
Clayton and Brittany Cook were posing for wedding photos on a park bridge in Cambridge, Ontario, when the groom noticed a boy in distress in the river. | Clayton and Brittany Cook were posing for wedding photos on a park bridge in Cambridge, Ontario, when the groom noticed a boy in distress in the river. |
With no thought for his suit, Mr Cook jumped into the water and pulled the young boy on to the shore. | With no thought for his suit, Mr Cook jumped into the water and pulled the young boy on to the shore. |
Their wedding photographer captured the rescue. | |
The images have since gone viral. | The images have since gone viral. |
"For several minutes these kids were following us, and I was just keeping an eye on them because they were standing close to the water," Clayton told the BBC. | |
"Then while Brittany was getting her solo shots taken I realised only two were standing on the rock ledge." | |
"I saw the boy in the water struggling to keep his head up. That's when I jumped down. | |
"I just kind of plucked him out and he was okay." | |
Clayton's wife said she originally thought he had jumped in the water as a joke. I originally thought he had jumped in the water as a joke or something | |
"We'd like to think most people would probably make the same choice," she said. | |
"As soon as I could turn around he had already plunked him on the ground outside the river," wedding photographer Darren Hatt told the BBC. | |
"So I just kept on capturing the story of the day, including this." | "So I just kept on capturing the story of the day, including this." |
After being rescued, the boy appeared fine, if a little shaken, and went off with an older sibling. | After being rescued, the boy appeared fine, if a little shaken, and went off with an older sibling. |
Mrs Cook said her husband's quick thinking and selfless action were just some of the reasons she fell in love with him in the first place. | Mrs Cook said her husband's quick thinking and selfless action were just some of the reasons she fell in love with him in the first place. |
"That's Clay to me," she told CTV. "It's something he would just instinctively do." | "That's Clay to me," she told CTV. "It's something he would just instinctively do." |