Something borrowed, something new: The amazing bond between 911 operator who loaned wedding dress to bride who called to report hers stolen

There were emotional scenes when a 911 operator and a bride she donated her wedding dress to after hers was stolen met for the first time yesterday.

Newlywed Amanda, from Tacoma, Washington, surprised Candice at her office both to return her dress and to say a personal and heartfelt thank you to the woman she credits with saving her wedding.

Amanda was preparing for the biggest day of her life when she got the biggest shock of her life - her dress was stolen from her car on the morning of the nuptials.



She told Good Morning America the dress was worth $6,000 and was handed down to her by her cousin. What's more - the woman who stole the dress was said to be laughing as she drove off with it.

She has still not been caught.

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Something borrowed, something new: Amanda, left, and Candice, right, have become friends after the incident

Offer: Candice quickly tracked down the police officer who had responded to Amanda's 911 call and sent a text message containing a picture of her in the dress

Amanda pictured with her husband: The dress fit perfectly, and the bride later told Candice via text message the wedding had 'gone off without a hitch'

Disaster averted: Thiough it started off badly, Amanda's wedding day went perfectly

Candice said that as she heard Amanda tearfully tell her on the phone about what happened and revealed the wedding was that day, she was thinking, 'I have a dress', before asking what size she was.

'The whole time I'm thinking, "This girl needs a dress. She's getting married this evening",' the 28-year-old said. 'So I'm thinking, well, I have a dress. Maybe it will work for her.



'It was an immediate reaction. I've been a bride so I could put myself in her shoes. She was horrified, I mean that's the biggest part of the wedding.'

Desperate to help, Candice hung up and quickly asked her supervisor if she could offer the stranger her own dress.

With his approval, she quickly tracked down the police officer who had responded to the scene, and sent a text message containing a picture of the dress which she had worn to her own wedding just 18 months prior.

The two women were the same size and, as well as that, the stolen dress and Candice's dress were bought at the same store.

The dress fit perfectly, and the bride later told Candice via text message that the wedding had 'gone off without a hitch'.



Bonded over a dress: Both brides wore this white dress which was purchased in the same store and worn 18 months apart

911 operator: Newlywed Amanda surprised Candice, pictured, at her office both to return her dress and to say a personal and heartfelt thank you to the woman she credits with saving her wedding

Emotional: Candice cried after Amanda came to her work to personally say thank you

As the two women hugged each other yesterday, Candice started crying as Amanda told her: 'I want you to know you are an amazing person, not a lot of people would do that.'

As well as something borrowed, something new has come out of the story - Amanda and Candice both have a new friend.



'It feels so good she got to have a wedding dress on her wedding day,' Candice said. 'I've been a bride and I know that it's awesome. I made a new friend today.'



Candice's good deed is typical behavior, according to her manager Vonnie Mayer, who described her as 'an extraordinary person'.

'She had something someone else needed, and she made it happen' he said.



Though she is delighted to have been able to help, Candice doesn't want all the attention focused on her.



She says that her act of kindness was only made possible by God who allowed the situation to come about in the first place.



She said: 'If I hadn’t taken that call, I wouldn’t have heard about it, if she wasn’t my size, it wouldn’t have worked.

If my husband had gone camping instead of staying home, I couldn’t have gotten to the dress.'

'God does awesome things, and this woman, whose wedding day might have been ruined, had her special day, after all.'



The girls did not want their last names be known.

