When wedding officiant falls and breaks his leg, caterer steps in and marries couple
A Cincinnati couple didn't realize that when they hired a caterer for their wedding, they'd be getting an officiant for free.
During the rehearsal dinner, the man who was supposed to officiate the wedding fell and broke his leg, leaving the couple without anyone to marry them, WLWT reports. Enter Manny Morales, a caterer for City Barbeque, the company that was preparing food for the rehearsal. He told the couple he had a license and offered to perform the ceremony, a proposal they happily accepted.
Bride Kelsey Schneck said she couldn't describe how grateful she was to Morales for stepping in. "Not only did we have a great dinner, but our wedding ceremony was saved and went off without a hitch," she said. "Thank you for saving my big day."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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