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but still. But within a few minutes of re-
turning back to Main Street Ballroom, the
raindrops grew steadier and steadier.
Rigney headed for the bridal suite and
huddled with her bridesmaids. Cymbor
waited for the shuttles to arrive from
Turf Valley Resort, where a majority
of their wedding guests were staying.
Rigney couldn’t see the rain from her
room, but Cymbor was starting to get a
little nervous. The rain just kept coming
down harder. A guest showed Cymbor his
weather app, “There’s a red strip over Elli-
cott City for the next three hours,” he told
him. Cymbor eyed the parking lot where
their two cars were parked. Both cars were
swiftly moved to higher ground.
The ceremony was supposed to begin at
4 p.m., but the first shuttle didn’t arrive un-
til 3:40, so they pushed back the start time.
Their wedding planner, Kelly Brittingham,
owner of The Wedding Ninja, noticed some
water starting to come into the build-
ing through the stone wall. The second
shuttle arrived with guests at 4:15. The
shuttle was blocking the river, so Cymbor
couldn’t see how close it was to cresting.
“We were rushing everyone in, trying to get
the guests to sit down,” says Brittingham.
“Everyone was soaking wet.” She was in the
middle of wiping up the damp floor when
a member of the Bachelor Boys Band came
over to tell her that water was coming in
from the windows and they were worried
about their equipment. “I felt like the little
Dutch boy trying to put my fingers in holes
all over the venue,” says Brittingham. She
looked up and noticed the parking lot had
started filling with water. It took a second
for her brain to register what she was
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