NBC News correspondent Emilie Ikeda has opened up about how her wedding was almost derailed after her husband was bitten by a venomous snake on the night of their rehearsal dinner. The 28-year-old detailed the scary incident in an essay published by on Tuesday, saying she and her then-fiancé, Pat, spent 12 hours at the LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville, , after his unfortunate run-in with a copperhead. Emilie explained the incident occurred when they were leaving a rental home on a peak in the Smoky Mountains. They had planned on spending the night in separate cabins and were headed to their car when he was bitten.
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