A groom accidentally left his bride at the altar for an hour and a half while he was stuck in an elevator

• Misty and Brandon Valdez planned to say "I do" on May 7 at 1:30 p.m in Fresno, California.

• To keep with tradition, Brandon spent the night before the wedding at a local hotel.

• On his way to the ceremony, Brandon and his groomsmen got stuck in the hotel's elevator.

Misty Valdez had her wedding day scheduled down to the minute, but nothing went as planned.

She and her now-husband, Brandon Valdez, were set to get married on May 7 at 1:30 p.m. at a small church in Fresno, California. Misty told Insider that to keep the tradition of not seeing one another before the ceremony, Brandon spent the night at a local hotel, the Best Western Clovis Cole.

On the wedding day, Brandon's groomsmen met him at the Best Western to get ready while Misty and her bridesmaids did the same at her house. Everything was smooth sailing until Brandon and his groomsmen stepped into the elevator at the hotel.

"We get into the elevator to come down, and maybe halfway down to the second floor, the elevator just jolts and stops," Brandon said. "We knew it was stuck because the floor counter said we were still on the third floor."

Brandon, his five groomsmen, and a groomsman's son were stuck inside the elevator. One of the groomsmen pressed the alarm button, and someone from the front desk said they would be right up to help, Brandon said. To pass the time, they luckily had provisions: The groomsmen had packed a cooler with White Claws that they planned to drink after the church ceremony — so Brandon decided to pop it open while they waited.

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But hotel help didn't come, Brandon said. After 20 minutes passed, another groomsman decided to call the fire department. There was a wedding to get to.

When the fire department arrived, they had to manually pull the elevator down to the floor to get the group out.

"At one point, we noticed the doors got loose, so we took it upon ourselves to try to pry them open like you see in the movies," Brandon said.

Meanwhile at the church, Misty had no idea that Brandon and his groomsmen were stuck in an elevator. She was simply told that they were running late.

"I even asked one of my bridesmaids if Brandon got cold feet," Misty said. "Since they knew what was going on, they assured me that wasn't the case."

Then, Misty's priest came in to tell her it was a good sign that things were delayed. She finally calmed down, she said.