Couple married on Skype

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A first for Skype? Samuel Kim and Helen Oh, both 27-years-old, were all set to get married in southern California. Friends and family travelled from as far away as Korea to attend. Unfortunately, Kim developed a lung infection, which put him in a hospital isolation ward. Call off the wedding? Skype to the rescue.

The couple were married on Skype, with Oh and guests at the church and Kim in the hospital. Five live cameramen at the couple's Korean church captured the ceremony for guests watching on jumbo screens, and for Kim to watch on a laptop in the hospital's isolation ward. Next: the Skype honeymoon!