Minnesota firefighter leaves his own wedding to battle a blaze

When their wedding venue fell through at the last minute, Krista and Jeremy Bourasa decided to hold the ceremony at the groom's fire station in St. Paul Park, Minnesota, knowing that it was possible an alarm could disrupt things.

Krista told Jeremy before the wedding if a call did come in, he'd have to let his fellow firefighters take it without him. They made it through their ceremony earlier this month without a hitch, but while taking photos ahead of the reception, an urgent call came in for mutual aid to knock out a fire engulfing a house in a nearby town. Krista told her new husband to go ahead and fight the fire, and come back when he was done.

"Without hesitation, I took off my wedding clothes, put on my turnout gear, and stepped on the first truck that was heading out," Jeremy told KARE-11. Two years ago, Krista lost her niece and nephew to a house fire, and she said she knew how important it was for Jeremy to battle that blaze. "I've got the rest of my life with him," she said. "They needed him for that moment." Three hours later, Jeremy returned to the reception, and the bride and groom had their first dance. "That just kind of put the icing on the cake that I know she's the one for the rest of my life," he said. Catherine Garcia

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