Despite fire, wedding venue finds way to hold events for couples

ROUND MATCH UP. >> SEE YOU IN A FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU. >>> IMAGINE THIS. TWO NIGHTS BEFORE YOUR WEDDING, A FIRE RIPS THROUGH THE PLACE WHERE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GET MARRIED. IT COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERAL NIGHTMARES FOR DIFFERENT BRIDES BUT THAT HAPPENED IN BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY OVER THE WEEKEND. WE FOUND OUT THAT SOME COUPLES WERE STILL ABLE TO HAVE THEIR HAPPY EVER AFTER. >>> WHEN A FIRE BROKE OUT THURSDAY NIGHT HERE, SMOKE AND FLAMES WERE SHOOTING OUT OF THE BUILDING, WHICH WAS EVACUATED RIGHT BEFORE A WEDDING. SEEING THIS, THIS BRIDE HAD TO BRACE HERSELF. >> HER WEDDING WAS TWO DAYS LATER. THIS WAS HER DREAM VENUE. >> THEY PRETTY MUCH TOLD US THAT THERE WAS A FRACTION OF A CHANCE OF THE WEDDING HAPPENING AND THEN FRIDAY, IT TURNED INTO 50%.

I WAS SUPER HOPEFUL. >> MEANWHILE, AT THE VENUE — >> THIS IS WHERE WE BELIEVE IT STARTED AND HIS ENTIRE UNIT ENTIRE UNIT WAS REPLACED WITH AN EIGHT HOURS. >> CREWS BEGAN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO MAKE REPAIRS. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS IN THE BOILER AREA AND THE FLOOR ABOVE. >> WITHIN HOURS, LITERALLY HOURS, THERE WERE 50 PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING WORKING. AND A PLAN WAS PUT INTO PLACE ON WHAT TO DO.

>> RECONSTRUCTING, REPAINTING, CLEANING AND AIRING OUT THE SPACE. >> THE VENUE HAD TO CLOSE FRIDAY BUT HELPED MOVE EVENTS TO OTHER VENUES. DEVITO DID NOT WANT TO RELOCATE, HOLDING OUT HOPE FOR SATURDAY. >> THE OWNER WAS IN TOUCH WITH US AND SAID, WE ARE HOSTING THE WEDDING TOMORROW. IT WAS THE BEST FEELING EVER. UNBELIEVABLE THAT WE WALKED DOWN THE AISLE SATURDAY. >> HOW WAS THE WEDDING? >> IT WAS AWESOME. THE BEST NIGHT OF OUR LIVES. >> IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE. WHAT IS POSSIBLE, WHEN IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE. >> IT WAS SO WORTH IT. NOW IT IS A GREAT STORY AND I'M GLAD WE HAD THE ENDING WE WANTED. >> THE VENUE HAS WEDDINGS BOOKED ALL WEEK AND THEY SAY THAT THEY WILL GO ON AS PLANNED. CBS2 NEWS. >> THE FIRE BROKE OUT RIGHT BEFORE ANOTHER WEDDING WHICH WAS NOT ABLE TO GO ON

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