Reilly Jennings and Amanda Wheeler got their marriage license on Thursday, right before the city shut down the marriage bureau.
The couple didn't panic, but instead talked to a friend who is ordained in the state of New York.
They walked down the block to his apartment and he married them on the street while leaning out his fourth-floor window.
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