We do! Newlyweds accept fire truck ride after bus blaze
AVON, Conn. — A newlywed couple had no problem saying “I do” a second time, when Connecticut firefighters asked them if they wanted a ride to their reception after their bus was disabled by a small blaze.
Maria Leonardi and Justin Stone, of New York City, were treated to a 15-minute voyage in a fire engine from a church to her father’s home in Avon on Saturday, complete with wailing sirens. Neither had ridden in a fire engine before.
“It was quite a spectacle,” Leonardi said. “It just made the best day better.”
Firefighters with the Avon Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to a trolley bus fire outside the West Avon Congregational Church. The bus was supposed to take the couple and their wedding party to the reception at Leonardi’s father’s home.