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Park Guide’s Emotional Reaction to Wedding Captures ‘True Moment of Connection and Humanity’

Originally posted by people.com
An unexpected guest made a couple’s wedding day all the more special.
Ashley and Andrew Powell surprised an intimate group of friends and family by hosting a wedding outside on Nov. 16, 2024, in Fells Point, a waterfront neighborhood in Baltimore. The couple privately married a year prior and later wanted to publicly exchange vows in the place where they first expressed their love for one another. What the pair never expected was a park guide to witness their entire ceremony from afar.
“It was so intimate, joyful and emotional — surrounded by so much love. This sweet park employee made the entire celebration even better,” the bride’s best friend, Alexa Sorensen, tells PEOPLE. “We noticed her shortly after the ceremony began, and she stayed for the entire thing.”

As seen in a video taken by Sorensen and recently posted on TikTok, a woman wearing a lime safety jacket happened to stumble upon the wedding. The stranger, whose name is unknown, stopped just a few feet away from the bride, groom and their officiant, and stayed to watch the entire ceremony.
The guide became emotional and even shed a few tears. At one point, she rested her hand on her heart.
“As a wedding photographer myself, I am always noticing little moments of human connection, and this one could not be missed,” Sorensen shares. “We were all so moved by her sweet reaction — for a couple she didn’t even know!