A couple from Massachusetts had a lightning wedding on Saturday.
Aaron Sawitsky and his wife Denice were getting married over the weekend in Marion when a large lightning strike suddenly struck near their wedding party along with a thunderous sound.
The lightning flashed across the water from where they stood and was quickly followed by a crackling tree just after the bridgeman joked, “Let’s be honest, 2020 has not been the best year.”
The surprising moment was all documented in a video posted on Sawitsky’s Instagram.
Turn on the sound for this. Mother nature has one wry sense of humor, ‘he wrote the other day. “Luckily no one was electrocuted and we made our vows before the rain started!”
The video, which went viral, received more than 6,400 views. While most netizens were scared, others said the lightning was a sign that one was blessing from above.
One user commented, “Send me. Hands down, the craziest thing I’ve ever seen. Best wishes for you and your bride. Another wrote: “Scary and hilarious.”
A third user commented: “CONGRATULATIONS. I wish you the best of luck in your new life together. I think someone’s coming up. saw and both of you said. “Another one added,” OMG !!!!!! This is WILD. Congratulations !!!!! “
However, Sawitsky told independent television station WHDH that he thought “the timing was pretty epic” before going on vacation with his girlfriend. “And it makes the experience of 2020 so far perfect. So, I think the only thing you can do is look and be, ‘Yup. Yes, that’s 2020. ‘And that kind of laughs,’ he added.
Despite the interruption, Sawitsky and McClure were able to complete their ceremony, which had already been postponed by two months due to the state of the coronavirus pandemic.
Thirty-six guests attended their wedding on August 22, and fortunately no one was injured in the process.
The chance that lightning strikes at a wedding – and punctuating the bridegroom’s joke – is probably unpredictable. However, the chance of being struck by lightning is approximately 1 in 280,000, according to current records from the National Lightning Safety Institute. Remarkably, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adds that 32% of lightning injuries occur indoors.
