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In 2003, Charles Frey and his entire third-grade class attended their teacher Katie French's wedding

In 2025, Frey returned the gesture, inviting French to his own nuptials

Frey, who has Asperger's syndrome, credits the educator with showing him he was "capable of far more than I believed I could be"

In 2003, a third-grade student attended his teacher's wedding. Two decades later, he decided to return the gesture.

Katie French was kicking off her teaching career at Avery Elementary School in Webster Groves, Mo. 22 years ago when she invited her entire third-grade class to her nuptials, according to local NBC affiliate KSDK . Charles Frey was one of the students at the wedding, and he had a particularly special relationship with the educator.

Frey has Asperger's syndrom

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