“PLEASE HOLD MY HAND…” — NEWLYWED BRIDE BREAKS DOWN RECALLING THE FINAL 10 SECONDS BESIDE HER HUSBAND ON THE PLANE BEFORE D.E.A.D.L.Y CRASH 💔 What should have been the first chapter of their forever became a nightmare no bride could ever prepare for. Moments after leaving their wedding celebration, a newlywed groom was killed in a devastating air crash, while his bride somehow survived with memories now too painful to forget. Through tears, the bride recalled the final 10 seconds they shared side by side on the aircraft, including one small gesture that felt ordinary in the moment but now carries unbearable meaning. Friends say her account has left everyone shattered, as investigators continue piecing together how joy turned into tragedy so suddenly.

Groom dies in air crash moments after departing wedding, while ‘devastated’ bride miraculously survives

Newlyweds, pilot identified in deadly Dawson County helicopter crash

A Georgia groom fretted about the fog before being tragically killed in a helicopter crash moments after leaving his own wedding — while his bride miraculously survived with only cuts and bruises.

Dave Fiji, 25, perished Friday night after the chopper departed from what family described as a “perfect wedding” in Dawsonville, where hundreds of guests had gathered to watch him marry his beloved fiancee, Jessni.

“We could say it was the perfect wedding,” Fiji’s father, George, told WSB-TV. “We couldn’t ask for anything more.”

Pilot Dava Fiji waving to guests at his wedding.
Dave and Jessni Fiji were married Friday — hours before he was killed in a helicopter crash.Facebook/Jaison Mathew

The couple was set to leave the party by chopper around 9:30 p.m. to head to Atlanta to begin their honeymoon, but foggy weather delayed the flight after Fiji — also a pilot — expressed concern over the conditions.

“He said, ‘I wouldn’t fly, we would not fly in this visibility,’ ” his father said.

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