Emma Howard kisses her new husband Chris Greenslade after their wedding at Christ the King Church in Christchurch, New Zealand
Ms Howard was trapped in the rubble of the Pyne Gould Corporation building where she worked and texted her fiance. Mr Greenslade ran to the building and began digging people out as he frantically searched for his fiancee
Three days after being dragged frightened and dirty from the rubble of the Christchurch earthquake, Emma Howard walked down the aisle in a flowing wedding dress.
Emma, 23, married Chris Greenslade in a church ceremony in a Christchurch suburb, pushing aside memories of lying trapped in a foetal position for nearly seven hours in the collapsed Pyne Gould Corporation building.
Accountant Miss Howard huddled with six co-workers, using mobile phones to illuminate areas they thought might be safe.
Her wedding was due in a few days and she feared she might never make it.
And she didn’t know that her fiancé was outside, digging through the rubble with his bare hands after she had sent him a text message saying where she was.
But yesterday Miss Howard was smiling at guests at Christ the King Catholic Church.
She said: ‘I’m so lucky I didn’t get under my desk during the earthquake.
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