How sad!! Anyone else see this?

@lisado (1227)
United States
February 11, 2008 2:17pm CST
This has got to be one of the addest things I've ever read. I can't imagine how the poor groom feels. I mean, sure he knew she was sick, but that had to be a horrible blow! "Bride dies during marriage's first dance DAVIE, Fla. - Kim Sjostrom wanted a real-life version of the film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," which played in the background as friends fixed her hair and makeup before her own marriage ceremony. But less than an hour after she and Teddy Efkarpides were wed, Sjostrom crumpled in her husband's arms during a Greek song that means "Love Me." At 36, Sjostrom was dead from heart disease. The wedding had became a project at Davie Elementary School, where Sjostrom taught first grade. Fellow teachers provided the wedding gown, the flowers and decorations. One of them, an ordained minister, performed the ceremony. "It was perfect for her," said Dominic Church, the minister friend. Sjostrom carried blue and white flowers during the ceremony — the colors of the Greek flag — as she exchanged vows with Efkarpides, a 43-year-old carpenter and Navy veteran. They had met three years to the day before the Jan. 19 wedding. During the couple's first dance, Sjostrom complained of being lightheaded. Efkarpides thought his wife, a diabetic, needed sugar, but she collapsed. Wedding guests, paramedics and doctors at a nearby hospital were unable to revive her. She had a previous cardiac episode in her 20s and was a poster child — literally — for juvenile diabetes, relatives and friends said. Efkarpides recalled seeing the poster featuring her on New York subways. He consoles himself by reading a list of "101 Reasons Why I Love You" that Sjostrom gave him their first Christmas together. "Number 1. You make me smile." No. 98 is especially difficult: "You're the one I want to grow old with."" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080210/ap_on_re_us/wedding_death
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@JoyfulOne (6232)
• United States
11 Feb 08
That is just so unbelieveably sad! I'm glad she got to have the wedding that she wanted, but gee, what a total shock for everyone and the groom. My heart goes out to her poor new husband. I'm sure the people at the reception who witnessed her final moments had a hard time dealing with this too. Such a sad thing to happen on her special day.
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• United States
11 Feb 08
That is so sad but at least her last moments were in the arms of the man she loved. She was happy and beautiful. All brides are beautiful.
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• United States
12 Feb 08
Wow... That is so extemely sad! :( Felt myself tear up as I was reading it. That is just heartbreaking.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
11 Feb 08
Very sad. But at least she lived to see her wedding day. I don't mean to be flippant, but if she had known how ill she was then she might have not got married at all, to save the groom from the inevitable pain that he will be going through.
@talisman (1300)
• United States
13 Feb 08
How would them not getting married save him from the pain of losing someone he obviously loves?
@p1kef1sh (45681)
13 Feb 08
It would not save him that pain. However, it is possible that if she had known that she was about to die she might have spared him the effort of marriage. I am using curious logic I know, but there have been reported incidents of people not marrying (particularly in wartime) in order to free their partner to marry elsewhere.
@bochco123 (594)
• United States
11 Feb 08
That is just horrible. I actually teard up a little while reading the article. Unbeleivable.
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