In the age of Facebook and Twitter, it was only a matter of time before the world learned the identities of the kissing couple from the now iconic photo of the Vancouver riots.
It was reported that the boyfriend and girlfriend in the photograph are Aussie bartender Scott Jones and Canadian college student Alex Thomas, who was injured just before the picture was taken.
The papers report that Jones Thomas have been dating since Jones arrived in Vancouver on a “Working Holiday”. They attended Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, which the hometown Canucks lost 4-0 to the Boston Bruins, and then somehow found themselves between the angry rioters and charging riot police later that night in downtown Vancouver.
Brett Jones now says the couple is being besieged by media requests from outlets around the world.
All, of course, are interested in knowing the circumstances that found the couple smooching as cars were burned and windows were smashed around them. But despite some of our initial assumptions, the kiss seen ‘round the world wasn't the product of a riot- fueled, uncontrollable passion.
Brett Jones instead notes that Thomas was injured and his son was coming to her aid. An alternate angle taken from above shows other bystanders later attempting to help Thomas and Jones.
Combine that different angle with Brett Jones story and it certainly dispels the rumors that the couple had intentionally staged the photo.
“They were between the riot police and the rioters, and the riot police were actually charging forward, and Alex got knocked by a (police)shield and fell to the ground, “ Brett Jones told BBC News. “ (Scott) was comforting her and gave her a kiss to say, It’s going to be OK, ‘ and the photographer just took the shot at that moment.”
UPDATE:
Jones and Thomas spoke with the Toronto Star:
Thomas said this morning that everything happened so fast that there was just massive confusion all around “ I was trying to understand what was going on. The photo was definitely not something we expected to happen, “ said Thomas .
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