Woman drowns while getting wedding photos taken

AP

(AP) RAWDON, Quebec - A woman drowned after being pulled under the water by a strong current while she was having photos taken in her wedding dress near waterfalls, Quebec police said Friday.

Sgt. Ronald McInnis of the Quebec provincial police said her body was recovered about four hours after she disappeared under the water. Police had originally said she fell from a cliff and tumbled into the waterfall but later corrected that.

The woman was married on June 9 and was having photos taken in her dress with the picturesque Dorwin Falls as a backdrop in Rawdon, north of Montreal.

While she was being photographed with her feet in the water the dress became saturated with water, leaving her unable to stay above water, police said.

The photographer and a bystander tried to rescue her but were unable to because of the weight of the dress, McInnis said.

She slipped under the water and her body was later recovered in a basin about 100 feet away by a diver, he said.

McInnis said family members at the location Friday evening. He said two witnesses had to be hospitalized and treated for shock.

[2ysur2ysub]

Westerners' need to turn a wedding into spectacle for YouTube fame and popularity should be curbed. What a tragic story. Have the wedding, spend for the reception, but go home afterwards. It's too dangerous out there and marriage will do enough to you in the long run. Enjoy your bliss while you can!

[credibility2]

Such a tragic thing. Too bad she went into the water instead of being on solid ground near the waterfalls in the background. What a horrible memory for her husband, her family and friends.

[AnnaB17]

This is so sad, but what is almost sadder is the nastiness of most of the comments on this thread. What has become of America?

[BronxMouse]

What has become of America? Well, I will tell you what: we have become dumber and dumber as a society. I mean, really? With all this crap of outdoing the Joneses, trying to be daring, being different from other brides, just to outdo every other bride; these bad decisions lead to death sometimes. Sure, it was a bad decision, but didn't it occur to her that this stunt could cost her her life? I guess sometimes we just don't think. I still feel sorry for her and her family. I am not THAT cruel.

[displeased2]

BronxMouse, I don't think standing in two feet of water is that daring or considered outdoing other brides. She made a miscalculation by not considering the effects of a saturated dress. Everybody makes mistakes throughout their lives, but I certainly don't "dumb them down" when their mistakes turn fatal.

[foo8259]

The power of water. I guess the trailing part of the dress got caught in the current. A girl in our club was drowned in a river after her first jump. Landed in the shallows OK, stood up but didn't cut away the chute toggles like we were trained to do -- the chute landed downstream in the river so she got drug for miles. I couldn't run fast enough to catch her, so I think I know what they felt like.

[2ysur2ysub]

How sad for you to have that memory. You tried your best, which is what counts. Nature teaches us all the time how inconsequential we are...

[expambi]

There should be a guideline in the AP Stylebook that prohibits pictures being attached to articles where a tragedy has taken place during the act of having pictures taken.

[expambi]

It's a matter of tact and compassion, both of which you most likely lack. It certainly doesn't change the facts anymore than your suggestion that I 'grow up' change the fact that you appear to be an imbecile.

[expambi]

It's a matter of tact and compassion, both of which you most likely lack. It certainly doesn't change the facts anymore than your suggestion that I 'grow up' change the fact that you appear to be an imbecile.

[akc87031]

Tragic....We can't analyze what we do in life with a "what if this happens, what if that happens, etc"....We would go crazy. You just can't think of things in that manner...This was the way her life played out...From the day she was born/conceived every step she took led her to this tragic day.....Life can be so cruel at times.......

[Amatangeo]

Why didnt she slip off the dress?

[crisjcesar]

not so easy as it sounds.

[Valhalla0907]

I'm showing this article to a certain Bridezilla I know, my sincere condolences to the family.

[akc87031]

As a suggestion for wedding photos?!!!lol

[BronxMouse]

Is she an enemy? ;)

[tsigili]

Some photographers put people at risk, in the things they ask them to do.

[poatal73]

Now that is number one is stupid comments.. A photographer is supposed to be a science major and understand that water, outside of Obama, is one of the most unseen dangers that we contend with, two feet of water at what seems a slow speed with knock you down. Think Riptide..

[boomerwoman]

Shocking how such an innocent thing ended in such tragedy.

[Well_You_Aint_Me]

While I also think it is a terrible tragedy,some "intelligent" adult there should have given this a little more thought and consideration. Ever heard of Photoshop?