Couple Left In The Lurch By Fire That Destroyed Wedding Plans
(CBS) -- The fire department in Willow Springs says there's no indication of arson in the fire that destroyed the historic Willowbrook Ballroom on Friday.
A Bridgeport couple in their early 30s had booked the Willowbook Ballroom for their wedding reception Friday evening. It was supposed to start about the time firefighters were finishing up--after the ballroom burned down, WBBM's Steve Miller reports.
"No one told me about what was happening until after church - after we actually got married."
Victoria Schoen was the bride. She says her husband Daniel knew.
"Everyone else knew what was going on except for me," she says.
Schoen says there's a reason everybody kept the news about the fire from her.
"I lost it."
She says she lost all her decorations and irreplaceable family photos. Other people scrambled and found another place for the reception.
"And it's going to make a great story for our kids. But in my head I'm like, 'Why us?,'" she asked. "So much time went into this and it all went up in smoke - literally."