Couple marry 9 months after surviving deadly car attack on anti-fascist protesters in Charlottesville – ‘It proves hate won’t win,’ as Marcus Martin and Marissa Blair wed
What love has joined ‘proves hate won’t win’
Couple who survived Aug 12, White supremacist attack have colorful, moving wedding in Gordonsville, Virginia on Saturday
Marcus Martin wed fiancée Marissa Blair 9 months after surviving deadly car attack on anti-fascist protesters at Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va
Car ploughed into crowds of anti-fascist protesters who were demonstrating against Unite the Right rally
Martin, 26, pushed Blair, 27, out of the way when the car struck – he suffered a broken leg
The couple’s friend, 32-year-old paralegal and fellow anti-fascist protester Heather Heyer, was killed
Her death set the couple’s wedding plans back
Martin pictured mid-air in a powerful photo taken when he was hit by a car driven by a white supremacist
The beautiful at outdoor ceremony was sponsored by well-wishers
Marcus Martin wed fiancée Marissa Blair kiss after their nuptials
A couple who survived the deadly white supremacist car attack during clashes in Charlottesville last summer finally got to tie the knot on Saturday.
Marcus Martin, who was pictured mid-air in a powerful photo taken when the Dodge Challenger struck on August 12, married his fiancée Marissa Blair in Gordonsville, Virginia, during an outdoor ceremony paid for by well-wishers.
Martin, 26, pushed Blair, 27, out of the way when the car struck. He suffered a broken leg while the couple’s friend, 32-year-old paralegal and fellow anti-fascist protester Heather Heyer, was killed.
Marcus Martin is airborne after he shoves Marissa out of the way and ends up hit by car driven by White Nationalist in Charlottesville, Va, Aug 12, 2017
The nation woke up to the disquieting image of Marcus Martin, who was airborne in a powerful photo taken when the Dodge Challenger plowed into a crowd of protesters on August 12, 2017.
Martin suffered a fractured leg, but survived to marry his fiancée Marissa Blair in Gordonsville, Virginia, during an outdoor ceremony on Saturday paid for by well-wishers.
The couple had delayed their big day in the aftermath of the Charlottesville debacle and the death of their friend, Heyer.
The group of friends joined other civic minded individuals demonstrating against thousands of white supremacists who had massed in the Virginia town to protest against the decision to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, last year August.
‘He always said he would do any and everything to protect me and he proved it,’ Blair told NBC29.
‘It proves hate won’t win and it proves that there are more good people in the world than there are bad and that love will win.’
Martin pushed Blair [seen at their wedding, May 12], out of the way when the car struck. He suffered a broken leg while the couple’s friend, 32-year-old paralegal and fellow anti-fascist protester Heather Heyer, was killed
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