Bride 'Seriously Hurt' in Freak Accident at Wedding, Wheeled Out on Stretcher in Sparkler Send-Off (Exclusive)

One bride busted a move — and her knee!

Breyanna Knox instantly felt for illustration a "bridezilla" connected her wedding time connected May 17 astatine Elks Lodge successful DeSoto, Texas. From nan itinerary being "completely thrown off" owed to venue hr changes and decor delays to "guests being tired of waiting truthful agelong and being hot," everything was "going wrong." But nan "completely disastrous" wedding took a move for nan amended astatine nan reception — aliases truthful Knox thought.

"During nan reception, I yet felt for illustration I could breathe," Knox tells PEOPLE.

About 3 hours into nan wedding, Knox, 30, was "having a blast" dancing pinch her caller husband, Jonathan Henderson, 30, and their much than 100 guests. Their DJ, Steve Stokes, "played a awesome playlist and each of nan songs were really hype."

"I had been bouncing astir each night, which I shouldn’t person been because I americium very clumsy and injury-prone — it’s earthy for me," Knox admits.

Knox deed nan creation level pinch her champion friend erstwhile a opus by Big Boogie began playing. The 5-foot-four-inches bride, wearing an "entirely excessively long" wedding dress shipped from Ukraine, danced while her gown's excess cloth slipped underneath her footwear for illustration it had been "all night." However, 1 lawsuit of nan mishap would lead to her literal downfall.

"During 1 peculiar sway I felt my knee spell retired of spot and sprout correct and my limb spell left," Knox says. "Everything happened truthful quickly that erstwhile I came backmost down connected my near limb it snapped and I fell down."

She continues, "I retrieve reasoning to myself connected nan floor, 'This can’t beryllium real. This did not conscionable happen. It’s our wedding, nooooo.' "

When she tried to guidelines up, Knox was "hit pinch pain." Her wedding coordinator, Harriett Butler, tells PEOPLE that guests "immediately" rushed to her aid. After realizing Knox was "seriously hurt," nan bride's begetter and champion friend called emergency services.

"I tried to support my composure owed to my 7-year-old daughter, niece, nephews and small sister being successful nan room," Knox says.

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At nan clip of nan accident, Henderson was dancing pinch his groomsmen while shutting his eyes and wearing sunglasses, truthful he "had nary clue" what happened until personification told him. He joined nan ample group hovering complete Knox arsenic her relative Keenan, sister-in-law Lucero, friend Ty'eesha and aunt Juanika, who each happened to beryllium nurses, assessed her wounded for surgery bones.

"They asked maine to guidelines to spot if I was okay and my limb snapped again truthful they knew astatine that moment, I needed to spell to nan hospital," Knox explains.

Within 10 minutes, paramedics arrived. 

"They were swift and nan EMTs were truthful amazingly nice, helpful, and understanding," Knox shares. "They kept maine calm for judge contempt nan raving thoughts going done my mind."

The "selfless" bride "didn't want attention" connected her, truthful she asked everyone to proceed partying together. The DJ obliged, fittingly playing GS Boyz' "Stanky Legg" to lighten nan mood.

The gaffe near Knox pinch a damaged femur, crooked shin, aggregate torn ligaments and an out-of-place dented knee. But she wasn't going to fto her wounded ruin her night.

Rather than crying, nan resilient bride smiled and waved astatine everyone arsenic she was wheeled retired of nan statement connected a gurney, wherever guests gave her a expansive exit astatine nan backmost of nan building pinch wedding sparklers. 

The "very beautiful moment" was concisely stopped by nan wedding officiant, Charmayne Bennett, who reminded Knox that she hadn't signed her matrimony certificate yet.

"So yes, I signed it connected nan gurney," Knox says. "There was nary measurement I was leaving our wedding without it being 'official.' I emotion my husband!"

She was past transported by ambulance pinch Henderson to a adjacent infirmary for aesculapian attention. 

Although Knox asked "several times" for nan statement to proceed without her, nan ceremony ended erstwhile nan ambulance left.

"I honestly, to this very moment, americium still shocked," Knox says. "My hubby and I consciousness arsenic though we’re dreaming. There’s nary measurement that happened! Truthfully, I was sad! I’m still sad ... particularly since our wedding started precocious we ne'er sewage to do truthful galore things for our wedding day."

Knox admittedly wishes things had gone differently, and is disappointed to person missed retired connected dedicating her bouquet to her mother, proceeding speeches from her loved ones, cutting her wedding barroom and truthful on.

Her honeymoon was besides "placed connected hold." She says it "sucks" that location apt "won't beryllium 1 anymore" owed to being retired of activity temporarily, needing beingness therapy and perchance surgery.

"If we could person a re-do wedding and honeymoon, we 100000% would!" Knox says.

Knox and Henderson are nary strangers to tragedy. The couple, who grew up together arsenic neighbors, person been grieving nan nonaccomplishment of their micropreemie daughter, who died successful October 2024. Not agelong aft their engagement connected Christmas Day, nan brace were "scammed" by their original wedding venue, causing them to hunt for different 1 astatine nan past minute. Their location besides flooded 3 times during their engagement period.

"Needless to say, this past twelvemonth has been unsmooth truthful I yet conscionable wanted a time to observe america and each we’ve flooded and it was trim highly short," Knox says.