A waitress’ thoughtfulness just moments before the deadly Waffle House shooting in April helped to save at least one man’s life.

It’s for that reason Vickie Davis, the man’s mother, worked to track down the waitress, Virginia Stanley, and helped the bride-to-be get a wedding dress for her upcoming wedding.

In April, four people were killed and several injured after a gunman opened fire in a Waffle House restaurant in Antioch, Tennessee. Shortly before the tragedy unfolded, however, Stanley asked Davis’ son, Michael Garth Sr., and a his friend to change seats so she wouldn’t accidentally splash them with water while washing dishes.

The simple request likely saved Garth’s life, as he was positioned farther away from the gunman as a result of the switch.

After months of searching, Davis finally tracked down Stanley. While she no longer works at the Antioch Waffle House, her former manager helped Davis get in touch with Stanley’s fiance, who then connected the two women.

Davis, a 34-year veteran of the Army Reserves and National Guard later convinced Glitz Nashville, a bridal shop, to donate a dress to Stanley. (Typically, Glitz Nashville donates wedding dresses only to military and first responders. But after hearing the story, the shop made an exception.)

“She was crying and I was crying,” said Davis, who met Stanley for the first time on Wednesday when she helped the bride-to-be select a dress. “It was a very emotional moment.”

“So many things happened that lead to my life being spared at the Waffle House that night,” he wrote. “This is the waitresses that asked Tre Swisha Sneed and I not to sit at the bar because she was washing dishes and didn’t want the water to splash on us. That lead to us sitting where we sat and possibly saved our lives.”

“My mother, Vickie Davis, tracked her down, found out she was getting married and got her this wedding dress,” he continued.