Kara Patterson, 20, a gymnastics coach attended a tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio, never dreaming that the day would end with her being married in front of about 1,000 spectators. Patterson, who had been engaged to Army Staff Sargeant Ray Hignite, was the surprise guest at her own wedding on December 20, before the crowd at the Duke Energy Convention Center.
Hignite recently learned that he was being shipped out to Afghanistan on January 1 and wanted to surprise his fiancée with a wedding. He worked with his and her family to pull together the last-minute affair, complete with a horse-drawn carriage. The ceremony lasted about ten minutes, and the crowd cheered throughout. Patterson’s father, Brett, who was in on the surprise, said that his daughter had always wanted a big wedding.
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