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A Delaware couple hoping to get married on an Outer Banks beach decided not to let a fierce nor’easter side track their dream, photos show.
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Coastal documentarian Wes Snyder reports he was waiting for high tide when he saw a woman in a wedding dress near Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head, North Carolina. It was about 6 p.m. Thursday, when the storm was whipping the coast with gusts up to 50 mph and waves near 12 feet.
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“Randy and Jessica are in town for their wedding but obviously the weather had other plans. They went ahead with it anyway and even grabbed people in the parking lot as a witness,” Snyder wrote in a social media post.
“I happen to be standing there shooting the storm so I stopped everything and gave them a quick shoot in the storm while they got married. Their scheduled photographer didn’t want to shoot in this weather and I was happy to step up.”
Wind gusts and intermittent rain forced the couple to exchange vows under the pier, where cream-colored sea foam was blowing around like large snowflakes.
“When you’re in love, a storm doesn’t matter,” the officiant is heard saying in the video.
The couple was later seen celebrating across the street from the pier at Sam & Omie’s restaurant.
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Randy Knight and Jessica Dassen say they have been dating three years, and the wedding was planned three months ago. Knight says they “were committed” to making it happen, no matter what.
“The OBX community has treated us with the open arms and love, from our witnesses, to Wes just happening to be there, to Sam and Omies,” Knight told The Charlotte Observer. “It is amazing what can happen to two out-of-towners when good people are around them!”
Snyder’s video had 250,000 views on Facebook as of Friday morning, and had racked up more than 500 comments. Many commenters called it “a wedding to never forget.”
“True love prevails!” Connie Hart Goeden posted.
The storm continues to cause flooding and power outages on the Outer Banks. As of 6:30 a.m. Friday, 3,400 customers were without power in Kill Devil Hills and major roads were closed, according to Dare County officials.
A 500-foot section of the coastal highway NC 12 was found ripped apart on Thursday, the N.C. Department of Transportation reported Thursday. It is closed to traffic.
Nags Head is about a 195-mile drive northeast from downtown Raleigh.
This story was originally published September 25, 2026 at 3:58 AM with the headline “Fierce coastal storm didn’t stop couple’s beach wedding on NC’s Outer Banks.”
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