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Canada groom saves child from drowning | |
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A wedding photoshoot in Canada took an unexpectedly dramatic turn as the bridegroom leapt into a lake to save a little boy from drowning. | |
Clayton and Brittany Cook were posing for wedding photos on a park bridge in Kitchener, Ontario, when the groom noticed a boy in distress in the water. | |
With no thought for his suit, Mr Cook jumped into Victoria Park lake 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. | "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. | 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." |