Massachusetts couple gets hitched despite storm

MARIA: SOMEONE WAS GETTING MARRIED TODAY. IT DID NOT SP THEM, THEY HAD THE WEDDING PLAN FOR TODAY AT A WEDDING BANDOU AND AS THIS FORECAST SHAPED UP, A LOT OF THEIR OUT-OF-TNOW GUESST SAID WE ARE GOING TO BE HERE AND TRY TO BE HERE ON TIME. >> THEY GOT HERE ON TIME, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO GET 100% OF THE GUESTS TO ARRIVE AT THE WEDDING VENUE. THE MARRIOTT WHEREHE T COUPLE D THANEIR GUESTS WERE STAYING OPEN UP THEIR ARM AND THEY AGREED TO LET THEM HOST THE WEDDGIN INSTEAD. >> HOWDY! ARE YOU MAIEDRR YET? YES! MAA:RI YAAY! TAKE US THROUGH THIS, WHAT HAS HAPPENED? WE CANNOT HAVE OUR WEDDING AT THE VENUE AS PLANNED, TBULL A OF OUR FRIENDS ARE VERY FLEXIBLE AND THE HOT WELE WERE STANGYI AT ALLODWE US. WE ARE SO HAPPY WE COULD BE HERE WITH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. WE HAVE HAD SO MANY VENDORS SAYING THAT I AM STAYING THE NIGHT. [LAUGHTER] >> YOU ALL LOOK WONDERFUL, NO ONE HAS A WINTER JACKET ON, WTHA IS GOING ON? >> NOT UNTIL LATER! A:RI IT IS A LITTLE BIT HARD HEARTO YOU, YOU ARE SUPPOSED -- WE DEVASTATED WHEN YOU ARE HEINARG THE FORECAST OR YOU BOTH SAYING, THIS IS GOING TO BE EPIC, LET US JUST DO IT AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL TALK ABOUT FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES? >> THERE WAS SOME STAGES OF GRIEF I THINK. WE WERE POOPSITEI, WAS SAD EARLIER IN THE WEEK AND CODY WAS HOLDING ME UP AND KEEPGIN MY SPIRITS UP. WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT WE CANNOT HAVE IT AS PLANNED H WAS UPSET BUT WE SPRUNG INTO ACTION TOGETHER. >> MY WEDDING IS ON HALLOWEEN, I WILL NEVER FORGET IT, YOUR WEDDGIN IS IAN BLIZZARD, YOU WILL NEVER FORGET IT EITHER. MARIA: ARE YOU FROM MASSACHUSETTS? >> WE BOTH HAVE LIVED HERE FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, BUT WE ARE BOTH FROM THE MIDWEST ORIGINALLY. MARIA: IT IS THE TOM BRADY QUESTION I WT AN ASK. WE DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT THE DEAL IS BUT YOU HEARD ABOUT IT? >> I HARDLY KNOW WHO TOM BRADY IS TO BE HONEST. >> SINCE YOU GOT MARRIED IN A BLIZZARD, WHERE IS THE HONEYMOON? >> WHERE GOING TO THE GALAPAGOS ISLAND AND MACHU PICCHU. MARIA: YOU ARE NOT FLYING OUT TONIGHT, RIGHT? >> NO. MONDAY. MAA:RI YOU GUYS LO BOKEAUTIFUL, CONGRATULATIONS. WE WISHOU Y THE BEST, RIGHT HERE AT THE PPT MARRIOTT. CHEERS TO YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH. BE SAFE AND HAVE A WONDERFUL LIFE

Quick change of venue helps couple get hitched at height of this weekend's nor'easter

Updated: 10:42 AM EST Jan 31, 2022

Some quick thinking and planning helped a Massachusetts couple tie the knot Saturday as the nor'easter that slammed the state threatened to derail their wedding plans. Sydney and Coty Cossi were set to say their ‘I Dos’ at Olio in Peabody, however, most of their guests were staying about 3 miles away at the Boston Marriott Peabody.The pair quickly realized driving even a few miles during the height of the nor'easter was not safe for their guests. As the week went on, Sydney Cossi said they were nervous, but "sprang into action" to make alternate plans."We couldn't have our wedding at the venue as planned, but all of our family and friends were very flexible, and the hotel they were staying at made a lot of exceptions for us to make this happen," bride Sydney Cossi said.The hotel opened its ballroom for the couple to use for the ceremony and reception, and allowed the wedding vendors including the caterer, DJ and videographer to stay the evening before.The couple is off to the Galapagos Islands and Machu Picchu on Monday for their honeymoon.

PEABODY, Mass. —

Some quick thinking and planning helped a Massachusetts couple tie the knot Saturday as the nor'easter that slammed the state threatened to derail their wedding plans.

Sydney and Coty Cossi were set to say their ‘I Dos’ at Olio in Peabody, however, most of their guests were staying about 3 miles away at the Boston Marriott Peabody.

The pair quickly realized driving even a few miles during the height of the nor'easter was not safe for their guests.

As the week went on, Sydney Cossi said they were nervous, but "sprang into action" to make alternate plans.

"We couldn't have our wedding at the venue as planned, but all of our family and friends were very flexible, and the hotel they were staying at made a lot of exceptions for us to make this happen," bride Sydney Cossi said.

The hotel opened its ballroom for the couple to use for the ceremony and reception, and allowed the wedding vendors including the caterer, DJ and videographer to stay the evening before.

The couple is off to the Galapagos Islands and Machu Picchu on Monday for their honeymoon.