(CNN/KMGH) - The view is breathtaking, that's why Colorado Springs native Jacob Feran and fiancee Brianna Reid dreamed of getting married in the foothills of these majestic mountains.
"Being a mountain boy I wanted it with these views," says Jacob Feran, groom.
They planned for the big day for months, only to find out just a week before the wedding, the inspiration of their dreams was going up in flames. The sweeping Waldo Canyon fire burned just three miles from their ceremony site and uprooted the lives of friends and family involved in their wedding.
Jacob's sister is a Colorado Springs firefighter working on the frontline. He says he would understand if her job trumps his big day. "If she can't be here and she has to go save other communities, then that's what she has to do," says Feran.
"The baker had to evacuate she had to pack up her kitchen and go to her sisters house and hope she can still do the cakes," says Brianna Reid.
Despite the raging fire, threatening their plans, the couple didn't want to call off their wedding. Brianna is in the Air Force and is soon being deployed overseas. They want their wedding to symbolize much more than their union, but a spirit of strength.
"Our hearts go out to the communities that are lost but you gotta keep plugging along you can't just lie down and give up," says Feran. They certainly didn't. So, on a picture perfect day, with the mountains as their backdrop, they tied the knot. "I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride," says the preacher.
And family will always be family. Jacob's firefighter sister traded her fire boots for some heels. She clocked 138 hours fighting the blaze in 7 days, efforts which show firefighters are now getting the upper hand. "It just hit so close to home, and I think we're all a little shell-shocked, we are devastated for the loss that this community has suffered, but I'm glad that the firefighters are safe and we're in wind down mode," says Julie Stone, sister.
For Jacob and Brianna, they hope their union shows the resiliency of Colorado Springs.
"We're not going to let a tragedy stop the important things in life," says Feran. "I kind of agree. You know, we can always rebuild."
