Groom Weds in Hospital Following Abuse - 2004-02-04
Laura Moody received something black and blue for her wedding, but much to her dismay it was her groom.
With swollen and blackened eyes and morphine running through his veins to numb the pain from spleen surgery and broken ribs, Chris Pitchford fought Monday to say his vows through a feeding tube that had been put down his throat.
Both he and Moody, 18, had vowed the wedding would go on, less than 48 hours later when Pitchford, 23, reported he was beaten during a scuffle with strangers outside a Nevada casino at his bachelor party.
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