14ymedio, Miami, 8 February 2017 — John and Sarah Wenham had planned the wedding of their dreams in Cuba, a country that in recent years has become a magnet for tourists from all latitudes. However, this young British couple did not suspect that their wedding would turn into a nightmare.
The Wenham saved a total of $30,000 over a period of years to get married in Cuba. They never imagined that the lobby ceiling of the Sol Rio De Luna y Mares hotel would be weaker than their love and completely collapse on them, wounding several guests, including the bride and groom.
The bridegroom has two fractured ribs and severe bruising as a result of the failed ceremony. The bride ended up with head and eye injuries. A wound on her face required 10 stitches and will probably leave a scar.
“We were just about to meet with the hotel staff to go over our wedding plans in the lobby, when John pointed to the ceiling as it started to move,” the 35-year-old bride told this newspaper.
“The was a loud bang and suddenly the roof collapsed right over us, leaving us trapped. The debris pinned us to the floor,” added the bride.
The couple’s lawyers will take legal action against the tour operator who arranged such a bitter experience for them.
The weight of the false ceiling prevented the couple from moving, amid the shouts from the crowd and the screams of Sarah’s daughters.
Other guests suffered serious injuries, including blows and wounds to their heads and spines, and broken bones. One of the guests had to have 19 stitches in his scalp.
The experience in the Holguin hotel was bad even before the falso ceiling collapsed. According to the English couple, from the second day of their vacation their room was flooded with sewage. There were unprotected electrical wires and several of the wedding guests got diarrhea, which was later confirmed to be caused by salmonella.
The couple’s lawyers will take legal action against the tour operator who arranged such a bitter experience for them.
“In a fraction of a second everything we had planned and saved for for so long disappeared,” said the bride and groom.
“We felt really bad because all these people spent so much money and they had traveled to be with us on our special day and then this happened.”
