The blackout stranded wedding guests in transit, turned off a blow dryer as a bride was getting ready, and cut the lights and sound at reception halls.
Still, many couples went ahead with their ceremonies.
Now, as they approach their 20th anniversaries, my colleague Sadiba Hasan called some of the couples and asked: Did a wedding day crisis set up your marriage for success?
On the morning of her wedding, she had been worried about the flowers.
“I thought that the shade of purple of the flowers was not what I thought it was supposed to be,” Dr. Stollman, 44, a dentist, said.
Persons:
Sadiba Hasan, Dvasha Stollman, Stollman, “
Locations:
Midwest