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Heartbroken bride visited Dad in hospital on wedding day
Sinèad Jackson said she was heartbroken when she was told her dad was going to have to spend her wedding day in hospital
A bride who was "completely heartbroken" when her dad was admitted to hospital with heart problems just two days before her wedding decided to spend part of her big day on his ward.
Sinèad Jackson was set to marry her partner of 19 years Stephen on 10 October at the Village Hotel in Hyde, Greater Manchester when her dad, Leslie Healy, was admitted to Tameside General Hospital.
The 36-year-old, from Dukinfield, said she had always dreamed of having her father walking her down the aisle.
"I was completely heartbroken when I found out my dad couldn't attend my wedding," Sinèad said.
"All I wanted was to see him before I walked down the aisle. So I came to him in hospital.
Sinèad arrived at the hospital's acute cardiology unit just one hour before walking down the aisle with her husband
After arriving at the hospital an hour before her ceremony, Sinèad was able to show her dress to Leslie and be with him to share their father-daughter dance.
Footage of the tender moment shows Sinèad in her dress and Leslie in his wedding suit slow dancing to This Dance, by Scott Thomas Laughridge.
"I just fought back my tears for my Dad because I thought I can't cry," she said. "He kept saying sorry to me."