Baltimore Bride – July 2019

BALTIMORE | 130 | WEDDINGS

After being trapped for hours with no

food, no water, no electricity—apparently

it was turned off by the authorities—the

smell of natural gas, and never-ending

rain, it started to feel like they were going

to be trapped forever. “We felt so respon-

sible for everyone,” says Cymbor. “Every

single person was there because we asked

them to come.”

The end goal was to regroup and figure

out how to get everyone out of Ellicott City.

Fourteen of their guests lost their cars

that night to floodwaters. Even the ones

who would later learn their cars had been

spared couldn’t access them. Johnson, the

photographer, had taken on the daunting

task of trying to coordinate with the Ex-

traordinar shuttle driver. It took him three

hours, with road closures, to make it back

to Ellicott City.

The wedding location, at the foot of the

Tiber, had basically been ground zero for

the storm swell. “Even though we were

basically where it started, everyone farther

down the hill had it much worse,” says Cym-

bor. “They were trapped in houses and attics

with no way out. We were lucky enough

to have the option to work our way up the

hill.” He was able to check in with at least

someone from each displaced group and

get them to the courthouse parking lot. The

shuttle showed up, along with some Ubers,

and everyone cheered. It was around 8 p.m.

Fifty guests headed back to the Turf

Valley Resort. As they pulled onto the road,

the pond overflowed. Once inside, guests

changed into dry clothes and bellied up to

the bar to watch the Weather Channel. It

was surreal and heartbreaking to see such

devastation. “All I cared about was finding

our people and making sure they were

okay,” says Rigney.

Pizzas were ordered. Rigney heard

someone say her name and turned to find

her suitcase being handed to her, with all of

its contents safe.

The bar played Cymbor and Rigney’s

wedding song, “Hard Sun” by Eddie Ved-

der. Surrounded by loved ones, they slow

danced, Cymbor in a T-shirt, jeans, and boat

shoes, Rigney in his sweatshirt, her favorite

lululemon leggings, and Birkenstocks.

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