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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 groom leapt into a river to save a little boy from drowning. 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 whole rescue. Their wedding photographer captured the rescue.
The images have since gone viral.The images have since gone viral.
"His face was underwater and he was fighting, like he was really fighting," Mr Cook told CTV News. "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.
"Luckily, he was only a little guy… and I honestly just sort of hopped him up." "Then while Brittany was getting her solo shots taken I realised only two were standing on the rock ledge."
Mr Cook said the boy appeared to have been pushed in by one of his friends. "I saw the boy in the water struggling to keep his head up. That's when I jumped down.
Wedding photographer Darren Hatt said it was Mrs Cook who first noticed the boy, as she was the only one facing the river. But once she cried out, Mr Cook sprang into action. "I just kind of plucked him out and he was okay."
"As soon as I could turn around he had already plunked him on the ground outside the river," Mr Hatt told the BBC. 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."