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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. | 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. | 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. | "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 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." | "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. | |
| "We'd like to think most people would probably make the same choice," she said. | "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. | "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." |