>>Danielle Braff, The New York Times Published: 07 Feb 2021 08:56 PM BdST Updated: 07 Feb 2021 09:35 PM BdST Bride Noha Hamid and groom Mustafa Amin wear protective masks amid concerns over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during their wedding ceremony in Qalyub, north of Cairo, Egypt April 16, 2020. REUTERS If the world is ending, who do you want by your side? "); } Nancy Townsend selected Herb Thomas, a man she met for lunch in early March, whom she FaceTimed later that month, dined with (outdoors) in April, and got engaged to the week after Easter. They married Sept 6 at Harriet Wetherill Park in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. “We felt like we didn’t have time to waste,” said Townsend, 66, a widowed semiretired Salvation Army officer.