Marriage vows usually include the line: “‘Till death do us part.” But death is supposed to be what tears your apart after you’re married.
Scott
Napper, 45 of Silverton, Oregon hoped to use a popular beach gathering place called Proposal Rock to formally
ask 22-year-old Leafil Alforque for her hand in marriage.
It didn’t quite work out that way. Reports OregonLive.Com:
The couple met through an Internet dating site in 2005 and
had set a wedding date for Dec. 6. But Napper said Proposal
Rock was the spot he wanted to ask for Alforque’s hand
in marriage ceremonially and give her the ring that waited
in his pocket.Alforque had arrived in Silverton just three days earlier on
a fiancee visa from the Philippines. It was her first visit
to the Oregon coast.At some point during the walk to the rock, the two let go of
each other’s hands. From the angle they took walking
toward the formation, Napper said, “you can’t see
the waves coming in.”About 10 feet from the rock, a wave 2- to 3-feet high
suddenly came toward them.“I turned into it to keep from getting pulled under
it,” he said. The water receded in a few seconds, and
he turned to look for the diminutive Alforque, 4-foot-11 and
93 pounds. By then, he said, “She was about 30 feet
away, getting swept away.”He said he immediately tore off his jacket to get rid of any
extra weight, and when he looked up again she was gone.“That’s the last I saw of her,” he said
Wednesday, breaking into tears.