Chinese Groom Turns Up An Hour Late To His Own Wedding, Had Been Trapped In A Faulty Elevator
For couples around the world, D-day can be nerve-racking. It can be a nightmare come true when the person you're supposed to marry doesn't show up for the wedding.
But in this Chinese couple's case cold feet was not the issue. A faulty elevator was to blame. The bride ended up waiting and panicking for nearly an hour after the groom got stuck in the lift with guests.
The groom, identified as Zhang, was on his way to pick up his bride at the 11th floor of the Lavande Hotel in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province of China when he got stuck in the hotel's elevator along with some people.
The groom pressed the emergency call and bell buttons, however, he received no immediate reply. The group spent about 50 minutes inside the elevator after which they were successfully rescued by firefighters.
The elevator got stuck between the first and the second floors. "There was no warning of overloading after I got on the lift," Zhang said.
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"I can't image how worried the bride was during those 50 minutes. She must have thought that her husband-to-be left her on her big day just like in the movies," a user commented on Chinese social media platform Weibo.
In a similar incident, the Pope had an annoying start to the day when he got stuck in an elevator for fifteen minutes.
Unlike the rest of us, the incident left thousands of people waiting in St Peter's Square in Vatican City waiting to get a glimpse of the Pope, utterly impatient.
Yes, getting stuck in traffic or an elevator is on your wedding day, is horrible. All you need to do is smile through the petty inconveniences in life and things will fall in place.
