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Groom Jumps Into River To Save Drowning Boy, Doesn’t Even Take His Suit Jacket Off
A couple from Kitchener, Canada, was enjoying a smooth, sunny wedding shoot after tying the knot on Friday when groom Clayton Cook suddenly jumped into a nearby river. You’d be forgiven for thinking he was already regretting his marriage and trying to swim away, but the real reason he ruined his suit turned out to be supremely heroic.
Cook, caught on camera by photographer Darren Hatt, noticed a small child in the river in clear distress. “His face was underwater and he was fighting, like he was really fighting,” he told CTV. Without a second thought, the groom was in the water and helping the boy up to safety. “Almost as soon as I realized what was going on, he had already saved the day,” Hatt further commented.
For the bride, Brittany Cook, it all came as no surprise. “That’s Clay, like that’s Clay to me. It’s something he would just instinctively do,” she said. In addition to the inspiring moment being captured, the Cooks also got more than a few adorable post-wedding photos. Scroll down to see them all, and find out why the Internet is now hailing Clayton Cook as ‘Superman.’
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This is Clayton and Brittany Cook, a couple from Kitchener, Canada, who got married last week
Image credits: Hatt Photography
Their wedding shoot in a sunny park was going smoothly, until Clayton suddenly jumped into the river
Image credits: Hatt Photography
It turned out that the groom noticed a child in distress underwater, and had leaped in to save him
Image credits: Hatt Photography
“Luckily, he was only a little guy…and I honestly just sort of hopped him up,” Cook told CTV News
Image credits: Hatt Photography
“That’s Clay… It’s something he would just instinctively do,” bride Brittany Cook said about the event
“It was like fate almost, we were meant to be there”
Praise for the sudden ‘Superman’ has been flooding the Internet since the story went viral
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Krish Malhotra 7 years ago
when posts like this go viral. i always think, would most people after seeing a kid drowning, really care about their suit?. it's not like talking a bullet for someone. would they really think like, nah it's my wedding day, i got this nice suit. why ruin it?. let that kid die. what that man did is really amazing but it's something a person should consider a natural response rather than something to be looked at with awe and heroism. if somebody noticed the kid drowning and did nothing about it, it would be inexcusable. it's not like he can go, oh look there is a kid drowning and arry on with the photo session.
Kjorn 7 years ago
it goes viral because in today society people are more interested in what crappy picture you post on instagram. Story like this makes people proud of what we are as people.
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Krish Malhotra 7 years ago
when posts like this go viral. i always think, would most people after seeing a kid drowning, really care about their suit?. it's not like talking a bullet for someone. would they really think like, nah it's my wedding day, i got this nice suit. why ruin it?. let that kid die. what that man did is really amazing but it's something a person should consider a natural response rather than something to be looked at with awe and heroism. if somebody noticed the kid drowning and did nothing about it, it would be inexcusable. it's not like he can go, oh look there is a kid drowning and arry on with the photo session.
Kjorn 7 years ago
it goes viral because in today society people are more interested in what crappy picture you post on instagram. Story like this makes people proud of what we are as people.
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