Couple To Be Married On 9 / 11: "Good Things Are Still Going To Spend The Day"
Eddie Casinover was a 19-year-old soldier stationed in Europe, when the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, 2001. Christine Briggs was 20, had just moved to Raleigh, NC, and was unloading boxes, when her mother called her roommate and told him to turn on the news.
But this year, the anniversary of 10 th anniversary of the attack, and Briggs Casinover will do more than just remembering the past: They will look for their future. After winning a contest wedding, Pasadena, the couple will marry Sept. 11 - a date they acknowledge that they have had other thoughts.
Casinover Briggs and realize that a national day of mourning and solemn commemoration of them is also a celebration of his friends, his family and hope.
"But the more I thought," Briggs said, "I was like, 'You know what, if we do not take that day back at some point and start celebrating anything, the terrorists win."
"We mourn the day each year. I am honored to share this day with all the people who lost their lives, people on the plans, people in the World Trade Center, and military. Especially the military. "
They were introduced by a former army colleagues Casinover, pledged earlier this year on the fifth anniversary of their first date, and decided to marry in May. They had intended to pay for the wedding, if money was scarce. On a whim, entered Casinover love Musket Ridge Golf Club Wedding Giveaway and Freedom. The grand prize was a marriage arranged by golf club and a seated dinner pan 150, a package worth about $ 15,000.
Musket Ridge opened the week before Sept.11, and the gift was intended to celebrate the service and sacrifice of the military and first responders. "We have seen that 9 / 11 the phenomenon by which a civilian is reluctant to do anything on 9 / 11 that looks like a party," said Damon DeVito, CEO of Affinity Management, which manages the crest of musket. "But when you talk to first responders and the military, many of them do not. It's like they risked their lives to defend freedom. ... They are not terrorists to give birth on their calendar.
"When you get to bin Laden, he said, 'Look, let's do something about it. We will give a result of the union."
In mid-July, Casinover find out who won. News could not have come at a better time. "I get him to run away or run to the magistrate, or something like that," Casinover, who served in the Army, 101 Airborne Division in Iraq and now works as a consultant to the Ministry of Defence says. "He was around. - He realized he could not afford it then, just when I convinced him to go to the magistrate, therefore, we have won this time was pretty cool .."
"I did not know he was referring to him," said Briggs.
"The only thing I won in my life was in service," said Casinover with a smile. "I never really win."
"It was just surreal. Even now, it's just surreal type," says Briggs, who works as an analyst with the wine and spirits distributor. "Pinch me now, it's really happening? This does not happen to people every day."
Casinover wear tuxedos, and one of his groomsmen to wear his blues military, if he had not returned to Afghanistan in time to fit for your Tux, Briggs says. He has already chosen her wedding dress. "Me and my girlfriend, my bridesmaids, we went on Friday afternoon, and was the first dress I saw the rack," he says. Briggs has decided to go all-American theme.
"Most people who hang out with friends Eddie and the military," Briggs said. "All the girls will be in blue dress with red shoes, which will be white." The couple asked their guests to make donations to the Wounded Warrior Project.
It was only two months to prepare, but things come together quickly. In the Community shows support and appreciation, many of the other vendors offered to donate their services to celebrate Holly Heider Chapple Flowers provided the flowers. Åre, the king makes the bridal make-up make-up, and Norman Ross offered to officiate the ceremony for free. Even the two big-ticket items - photos and music - are donated to date, Cory Brodzinski Photography and Jarrod Wronski Metro DC DJ.
"It 'funny, because I know I have to crunch time, that my decision is super," Briggs says.
But even when all the pieces fall into place, the couple is aware of the importance of the date, and what they hope it means for them and their families.
"I'm happy to share this day and do something memorable, not for a day of mourning is over," said Briggs. "Good things are still going to spend the day."
But this year, the anniversary of 10 th anniversary of the attack, and Briggs Casinover will do more than just remembering the past: They will look for their future. After winning a contest wedding, Pasadena, the couple will marry Sept. 11 - a date they acknowledge that they have had other thoughts.
Casinover Briggs and realize that a national day of mourning and solemn commemoration of them is also a celebration of his friends, his family and hope.
"We mourn the day each year. I am honored to share this day with all the people who lost their lives, people on the plans, people in the World Trade Center, and military. Especially the military. "
They were introduced by a former army colleagues Casinover, pledged earlier this year on the fifth anniversary of their first date, and decided to marry in May. They had intended to pay for the wedding, if money was scarce. On a whim, entered Casinover love Musket Ridge Golf Club Wedding Giveaway and Freedom. The grand prize was a marriage arranged by golf club and a seated dinner pan 150, a package worth about $ 15,000.
"When you get to bin Laden, he said, 'Look, let's do something about it. We will give a result of the union."
In mid-July, Casinover find out who won. News could not have come at a better time. "I get him to run away or run to the magistrate, or something like that," Casinover, who served in the Army, 101 Airborne Division in Iraq and now works as a consultant to the Ministry of Defence says. "He was around. - He realized he could not afford it then, just when I convinced him to go to the magistrate, therefore, we have won this time was pretty cool .."
"The only thing I won in my life was in service," said Casinover with a smile. "I never really win."
"It was just surreal. Even now, it's just surreal type," says Briggs, who works as an analyst with the wine and spirits distributor. "Pinch me now, it's really happening? This does not happen to people every day."
Casinover wear tuxedos, and one of his groomsmen to wear his blues military, if he had not returned to Afghanistan in time to fit for your Tux, Briggs says. He has already chosen her wedding dress. "Me and my girlfriend, my bridesmaids, we went on Friday afternoon, and was the first dress I saw the rack," he says. Briggs has decided to go all-American theme.
"Most people who hang out with friends Eddie and the military," Briggs said. "All the girls will be in blue dress with red shoes, which will be white." The couple asked their guests to make donations to the Wounded Warrior Project.
It was only two months to prepare, but things come together quickly. In the Community shows support and appreciation, many of the other vendors offered to donate their services to celebrate Holly Heider Chapple Flowers provided the flowers. Åre, the king makes the bridal make-up make-up, and Norman Ross offered to officiate the ceremony for free. Even the two big-ticket items - photos and music - are donated to date, Cory Brodzinski Photography and Jarrod Wronski Metro DC DJ.
"It 'funny, because I know I have to crunch time, that my decision is super," Briggs says.
But even when all the pieces fall into place, the couple is aware of the importance of the date, and what they hope it means for them and their families.
"I'm happy to share this day and do something memorable, not for a day of mourning is over," said Briggs. "Good things are still going to spend the day."
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