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New York City Couple Decides To Marry Now Instead Of In October

NOEL KING, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Noel King. A couple in New York City planned their wedding for October, but with the coronavirus they decided, why wait? They're socially distant friend officiated from the window of his fourth-floor apartment. He started the ceremony with a reading from "Love In The Time Of Cholera." A crowd gathered around the couple on the sidewalk, and neighbors leaned out of their windows to serve as witnesses. The newlyweds said it was their most New York moment yet. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.