When Coy Boggler and Annie Wall started planning their intimate backyard wedding in Phoenix earlier this year, they didn’t know that by July, a record-breaking heat wave would settle over the city for 31 straight days.
Mr. Boggler, 47, and Ms. Wall, 41, had rented a tent to keep their guests cool and decided to test it out with three air-conditioning units running, but the temperature inside the tent wouldn’t dip below 93 degrees.
“It was pretty miserable,” said Mr. Boggler, a firefighter and paramedic in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
The couple were at a loss for what to do when they ran into Chuck Montgomery, a retired deputy fire chief of Glendale, Ariz., and an acquaintance.
Mr. Montgomery invited them to move the ceremony to the Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting in Phoenix, where Mr. Montgomery is the executive director.
Persons:
Coy Boggler, Annie Wall, Boggler, Wall, ”, Chuck Montgomery, Montgomery
Organizations:
of Flame Museum
Locations:
Phoenix, Glendale, Ariz