The water reached her waist, and Lhiane Galang kept walking.
It was her wedding day in Bulacan, Philippines, and the rains gave no warning: the power went out, the church flooded, and the aisle to the altar turned into a river. Any other couple would have canceled everything. Not Lhiane and Gilbert Gibo Chico. With her shoes soaked and her dress floating in the water, she moved forward step by step until she reached him, waiting for her.
The video of the moment shows something no storm could ruin: the determination of two people to get married that day, regardless of what nature put in their way. They said ‘I do’ with the water still rising, while outside the entire country was facing one of the most intense rainy seasons of recent months.