Vancouver's Famous Kissing Couple Identified

After Canada lost in Game 7 on Wednesday and riots broke out, one images circulated that captured the public's imagination: that of a couple seemingly in the throes of passion on the ground, with rioters and police a few hundred feet away.

About 24 hours after the photo made the rounds, The Toronto Star and CBC gave names to the young man and woman: Aussie bartender Scott Jones and Canadian university student Alex Thomas. It was actually Jones's sister who first recognized one of the people in the shot and contacted an Australian news network. Then Jones's father posted an update on his Facebook profile earlier today.

Jones and Thomas were actually on the ground because after attending Game 7 together, Thomas was hit by a police shield as the riot police charged forward, and fell to the ground.Jones was comforting her and kissing his girlfriend when the photographer took the photo.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/06/17/vancouver-kissing-couple.html