Mar 07

Couple Married Over Skype

Posted in: skype, Today's Chili, Weird News

It’s not quite a McDonald’s wedding, but classiness is a subjective thing. Two California residents may have become the first couple ever married via Skype in a ceremony held over the weekend. The whole thing was more than just your standard matrimonial publicity stunt, however–the couple actually opted to tie the knot via Skype after the groom, Samuel Kim, came down with a nasty lung infection and was moved to the isolation ward of a local hospital.

Kim refused to tell his fiancée, Helen Oh, when he first started spitting up blood, worried that the whole thing would jeopardize the wedding, with a number of guests flying in from as far away as Korea. After being admitted to the UCI Medical Center in Orange, California, the couple settled on a VoIP-based solution.
The 500-odd guests didn’t seem to mind the bizarre circumstances. Says Kim, “Guests said it was inspirational, they really admired my fiance for being able to stand at the altar in the manner that she did, alone and not crying the whole time.”
Kim is set to be released from the hospital next week.
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