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Watch These Army Veterans Get Married On Brooklyn Q Train: Report

The two New Yorkers, who met while serving in Afghanistan, tied the knot as the Q train crossed the Manhattan Bridge on Saturday.

The Manhattan Bridge.
The Manhattan Bridge. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN — It isn't hard to find a scenic wedding destination in New York City, from the High Line, to Central Park, to Brooklyn's Botanical Gardens, and, apparently, even its subways.

Two U.S. Army veterans decided to take advantage of the views over the Manhattan Bridge and tie the knot inside a Q train as it crossed between the boroughs, according to reports.

Robert Musso and Francis Denmark, who met while serving in Afghanistan, boarded the subway at the Barclays Center and Dekalb station before saying their "I Do's" to a crowd of straphangers.

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“I was mesmerized,” Denmark told the New York Post. “Speechless as I walked on . . . While I was saying my vows, behind him was the bridge and the water.”

Denmark told the Post that she wasn't necessarily on board when Musso first brough up the idea to turn the Q train into their wedding venue. But ultimately, the bride said, she decided the unorthodox spot made their wedding "something unique" and turned it into an adventure, rather than just a ceremony.

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The pair brought along their wedding party of 10, a photographer and assistants to decorate the train with flowers and garlands.

The surprise wedding audience of subway passengers were, for the most part, helpful, the couple told the Post. Only one straphanger seemed bothered by the ceremony, but ultimately apologized once he realized what was going on, they said.

Musso and Denmark, who hope to move to Park Slope, aren't the first couple to decide a subway car is the right venue for their special day.

Another couple held a similar ceremony on an N train between Brooklyn and Manhattan back in 2014, even mimicking the creative logistics of having the groom enter at one station and the bride join him at the next stop.

Last year, two other New Yorkers held their ceremony on the Brooklyn Height Promenade, but started their reception early on the 2 train when their plan to take the subway to the after-party in Harlem was set back by train delays.

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