It can take a brave women to be a bridesmaid at the best of times.
But five Boston-area bridesmaids have set a new standard after they endured a terrifying carjacking right outside the church, and still made it down the aisle - on time - without breathing a word to the blushing bride until the ceremony was over.
The five were ejected from their limousine outside a church in Dorchester, Massachusetts on Saturday by an escaping thief.
He smashed the limo's passenger-side window with a hammer outside the Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta Church while fleeing a home robbery.
As the man began fighting with the limo driver, the five bridesmaids fled the limo in flowing blue gowns, their fuchsia bouquets still in one piece.
And as police surrounded the church, they proceeded with the ceremony inside - the happy couple blissfully unaware that anything had happened.
'It's a fine art to hide anything from the bride,' one guest told the Boston Herald.
'People didn't want to create a bad vibe.'
The bridesmaids were on their way to the wedding of Jillian Sherlock and Nikhil Pereira when the incident occurred yesterday.
A man who had just broken into a nearby home was being chased down the road when he happened across the limo.
A bus driver who had just dropped 48 guests off at the church witnessed the entire incident.
'He started fighting with the driver, and the girls got out and ran,' Karl Kammann said.
'It was chaos. Right out from under the wedding party! What a way to get married.'
Another driver, Gerald Whelan, also witnessed the incident. The limo driver, he said, was yelling: 'Help me! Somebody help me!'
The driver managed to escape - and the carjacker disappeared in the limo.
It was found abandoned shortly afterwards in South Boston. Police still have not caught the bandit.
'The bridesmaids acted like nothing happened,' Reverend Jack Ahern said.
'Everyone was shocked,' he added. 'But we all thought: "At least we'll have a good story to tell."'
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