Cape Beach Wedding Saved When Everett Mayor Steps In To Officiate
WEST YARMOUTH (CBS) – Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria stepped in to help two strangers when their Reverend canceled at the last minute on their wedding day in West Yarmouth.
Surgeons Matt Kalliath and Naomi Wiens set to get married on Saturday. Wiens was wearing her wedding gown and ready for the ceremony, which had already been scaled down due to coronavirus.
When the couple received word their Reverend wouldn't be able to make the ceremony due to a last-minute crisis, they frantically searched for a replacement.
The bride's mother ran around the beach, and came across DeMaria. The Everett mayor happened to be on vacation at the time of the wedding day crisis.
DeMaria told Wiens' mother that he did not have the authority to officiate the wedding. But he called Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, who granted him special permission to perform the ceremony.
After the beach wedding concluded, Baker called the couple to congratulate them.
"Lt. Governor Polito and Governor Baker care about their citizens it was nice to hear that directly from them," said Wiens.
"Saying our vows looking across from each other, with the water there, our family there, dog at our feet," Kalliath said.
DeMaria added, "Like Matt said, it was very easy, it was right on a cell phone, I was able to just scroll through."
The newlyweds are both doctors headed to new jobs at Cape Cod Hospital. On Tuesday, they met up for lunch with DeMaria to thank him.