appeared at the house with his sewing kit, his young son and David Hobson, the Ontario man who had opened his own doors - and renovated his basement - to Ibrahim and his family so they could have a home.

'Overwhelming'

"Within a few minutes he had sewn Jo's dress on to her - and it looked just as good as before," recalled wedding photographer Lindsay Coulter, who captured the moment with her camera.

Lindsay, 26, was so touched by what she saw, she decided to share the image with her Facebook friends.

"Every weekend I take photos of people on the happiest days of their lives, and today one man who has seen some of the worst things our world has to offer came to the rescue,' she wrote in apost liked more than 22,000 times since 26 September.

Image copyright Lindsay Coulter Image caption Ibrahim is originally from Aleppo, but fled three years ago with his family to Turkey while they awaited asylum

Ever since, she has been inundated with emails and calls wanting to find out more about the tailor from Aleppo, who spent three years in Turkey waiting for asylum after escaping Syria.

"It's very overwhelming," Lindsay said. "I think Canadians want to help when they see others in need.

"We love Canada, but we know we just won the lottery on where we were born."

In fact, this story of goodwill goes back even further: Ibrahim, his wife and their three children are among 50 families being sponsored to live in Canada by businessman Jim Estill, who is personally