Anyone watching the coverge of the wake for EMK on C-Span

[TayTay]

This is actually very interesting. The good people of Massachusetts are streaming through the JFK Library to pay their respects to The Senator. The Kennedy family is meeting them at the entrance and in the hall itself. It is quite moving to see this silent picture, it really is.

[babylonsister]

1. I didn't know that was on. Thanks! nt

[TayTay]

2. It is oddly moving

Everything takes place in silence. The mourners, black/white/Asian/Hispanic, young/old, rich/poor, etc slowly move in to see the flag-draped coffin of The Senator. Some pause and cross themselves in a blessing. Some stop and slowly salute in crisp military fashion. Some dab tears from their eyes while others nudge small children possibly reminding them of the importance of what they are seeing. The Honor Guard is changed hourly, as is the list of people sitting in a row who are there to "keep the body company."

It is really a moving event. The lack of audio adds to it, somehow.

The Family has a Twitter account and is sending out messages announcing who is there and who is "sitting" with the Senator this hour.
http://twitter.com/kennedynews

[havocmom]

3. Thank you for the twitter link. It is most kind that the family is doing so much for the mourners

To let everyone know who is sitting vigil each hour is most touching. Each is representing so many of us out in the nation.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Jackson has arrived as well

he high and the low, you are right

[Suich]

17. Who's that woman he's talking to?

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Carolyne I think

[TayTay]

4. Update from the twitterfeed from the Kennedy Family

Cindy, Daniel & David McGinty now sitting vigil. Sen Kennedy became very close to them and other Massachusetts families affected by 9/11. http://twitter.com/kennedynews

Mrs. McGinty lost her husband on 9/11 at the Twin Towers. She told the story of how she was so lost that day and so concerned about her two young boys. She got this phone call with the booming voice on the other end of it. Yup, that was Teddy calling to check on her and see if he could do anything for her. She thanked The Senator for the call.

A day later Mrs. McGinty was having trouble getting an honor guard for her husband's funeral. The paperwork on his 12 year service in the Navy was lost in the bureaucracy. She thought she might take Teddy up on his offer to help her. She picked up the phone and called his office. Mrs. McGinty's husband had his honor guard the next day.

Teddy never forgot this woman. He called her each year on 9/11, as he did the families of the other MA victims to see how they were doing. But Mrs. McGinty occupied a special place in his heart. He asked her to come for a sail with him on his treasured yacht the Maya. Cindy McGinty and her two boys spent about 5 hours at sea with The Senator and Vicki, just enjoying the sail, the conversation and each other's company. Teddy gave Cindy McGinty a water color painting he had done of the Maya and signed it "to the woman who didn't know the meaning of the word defeat."

The Kennedy Family asked that this courageous woman help keep vigil with Teddy tonight at the Library. She told local news she was so honored. At one point in her troubles, Mrs Cindy McGinty had cried over everything that had happened to her and her frustration in getting help in the post-9/11 days. Teddy called a staffer over and said that he never wanted to see Mrs. McGinty cry again. And, until tonight, I don't think he ever did.

Account taken from Cindy McGinty, Channel 5 news, Boston, August 27, 2009

[babylonsister]

6. TayTay, this deserves its own thread. The man comforted so many

people! The stories continue to amaze!

[hlthe2b]

7. Well that story has me crying...

Bless you Ted. We are all the richer for having "known" you, however impersonal the relationship may have been. What a special special man and while I always think he had this goodness in him, even during his personal struggles, it is important to note, that it was really the past 20 years or so that he came into his own, put so many demons behind him and demonstrated the beloved statesman we all mourn today.

[TayTay]

8. Brian Hart and his amazing wife Alma sat vigil earlier.

I have the honor of knowing Brian Hart and his wife and a little bit about their story. These are some incredible people whose personal heartache has resulted in actions that have saved the lives of God only knows how many of our people in Iraq and now Afghanistan.

Let Paul Reickoff, Founder and President of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-rieckhoff/brian-hart-gold-star-dad-_b_26654.html">tell this story:

On the wall of my office in New York, above my desk, is a printout of a digital photo that was taken in Iraq two years ago. It's a young American Soldier standing next to a totaled Humvee -- the front end is smashed, the tires flat, the body panels curled like crushed soda cans. But the passenger compartment, cloaked in heavy bomb-proof armor, is intact. The Soldier is holding a handmade cardboard sign that reads "Thanks Brian and Alma Hart, Senator Kennedy and everybody else who cares for our wellbeing and makes an effort. You have saved lives."

The Humvee drove over a roadside bomb -- the crude but effective weapon of choice for the insurgency in Iraq. In the early days of the war many troops died in ambushes or bomb blasts while riding in Humvees that lacked protective armor.

Brian and Alma Hart's son, 20-year-old Private First Class John Hart, was one of those Soldiers. Riding in a canvas-topped Humvee, John was killed in October 2003 during a firefight with Saddam loyalists near Kirkuk.

For members of the military and their families, the four years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan have been a constant struggle against adversity and heartache that most Americans can't comprehend. For Brian and Alma Hart, the tragedy of losing a son was compounded by the knowledge that his death, and the deaths of hundreds of other troops, may have been prevented had John been riding in an adequately armored Humvee.

In the three years that have passed since John's death, Brian and Alma have traveled the hardest possible road to become American heroes. I'm sure they would have rather never had the opportunity, but in the midst of their grief, they stepped up to the plate and did everything they possibly could to prevent their family's tragedy from being repeated.

Brian has become a one-man, pro-troop, political machine. He has appeared on CNN, met with Senators, held press conferences and created an excellent blog -- all to bring attention to critical troop issues. He used his son's death benefit funds to develop a robotic device to help soldiers safely push IEDs off the road. He lobbied long and hard for more funding to armor Humvees and to put an end to the bureaucratic foot-dragging that was preventing progress on an issue that clearly needed immediate attention. Three months after John's death, in January of 2004, the Army finally agreed to double its order of up-armored Humvees. Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy made special note of Brian in the Boston Globe, calling him a man who, "feels a desperate sense of loss that he doesn't want to happen to another parent."

More at the link

Teddy Kennedy fought for Brian Hart. Brian is a Texas transplant to Massachusetts and a Republican. He was initially very suspicious of The Senator when he moved up here to liberal Massachusetts. I don't think Teddy wound up with a better defender or more worthy friend.

I encourage you to check out Brian Hart's blog: Minstrel Boy. It is dedicated to his son John

"The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone In the ranks of death you will find him; His father's sword he hath girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him; "Land of Song!" said the warrior bard, "Tho' all the world betrays thee, One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee!" -- Verse from the Minstrel Boy, an Irish lament

Teddy knew what he meant. The Senator knew.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

14. That story is why I continue to salute his service.

[Booster]

5. It is very moving. I know most people passing by are probably

on vacation, but, seriously, couldn't they pick better clothes to even go sightseeing in? Most are ok, but the guys with flipflops and cargo shorts just make me want to slap them.

[TayTay]

10. It's okay. This is what America looks like

There was a homeless man who came through a while ago. These were Teddy's people you know. He loved them all so much.

[Booster]

12. Yeah, I know. Teddy loved his flipflops and cargo shorts also.

Ok, if I was outside and had on flipflops and cargo shorts I'd go in also.

[NWHarkness]

20. Classist nt

[asdjrocky]

9. It's the most touching thing I've seen all day.

The stories are great. The tributes are wonderful.

For me, the parade of average people from all over the state and beyond is the best tribute of all. The sizes, the ages, the colors of many many Americans grieving as one.

Made me cry.

[TayTay]

11. Honorary Citizen Guard Brian Hart's speech about Teddy, 2006

See my post above about Brian and his wife and his ties to The Senator:

Brian Hart's Introductory Remarks for Sen. Edward Kennedy at First Parish in Bedford, MA Oct. 18, 2006
(bth: The Town of Bedford had the honor of hosting Sen. Edward Kennedy at the First Parish on the Town Common on Oct. 18, 2006, the third anniversary of PFC John D. Hart's death in combat. It was indeed my honor to introduce Sen. Kennedy who had come at our personal invitation to be with us on this important date. Bedford has lost two sons in combat, PFC John D. Hart in 2003 and Lance Corporal Travis DeSioto in Nov. 2004. We had a lengthy and informative discussion on foreign policy and in particular about Iraq in a traditional New England Town Forum setting which has taken place at that location for nearly 3 centuries. It was a wonderful affair and honor on a sad day.)



Introductory Remarks for Senator Edward Kennedy
First Parish Church, Bedford, MA
October 18, 2006
By Brian T. Hart

Three years ago today, we were hit in the heart so hard, we gasped for breath.

This is a day to be among friends, to stay busy, thinking of others and to share the ties that bind.

Now with three years gone by, I have caught my breath and I want to speak from the heart about shared things – shared friends, shared pain, and a shared future for our country.

We want to thank the people of Bedford, our friends, who have helped us when we were sick and weary.

I see people here today that shared with us the most painful days of our lives.

We have shared deep, deep losses together, we have stood on this common ground and in this place of worship several times together, we have heard taps together – for John, then for Travis. We shook to the loud retort of rifles in salute and we shared together a moment in time at Arlington Cemetery with Sen. Kennedy in 2003 together when we buried our son John.

Sen. Kennedy told Alma it was best to visit Arlington in the morning – that it was a private time in a public place before the crowds arrived …..

A year after meeting Sen. Kennedy, Alma, Elizabeth, Rebecca and I and a few friends went down to Arlington, to visit John. By John’s grave in Section 60 were rows of freshly dug graves from Iraq and Afghanistan.

On that Sunday morning we stood alone on a green hill looking at white headstones in autumn. Senator Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy joined us with flowers – this small private group on a hill.

We shared a moment - a remembrance of loved ones buried there.

We share a small piece of earth, as we share today, a friendship and a deep and abiding love for this land.

Before I was born, Senator Kennedy knew what it was like to be a Gold Star Family. In 1944 as a young boy he felt his family reel from the death his older brother Joseph who had been killed after volunteering for a secret mission over the English Channel. Today his name is written on the Tablets of the Missing at the American Cemetery in Cambridge England.

When I was four and in Abilene, Texas, my mother plopped me in front of a small black & white television and told me to watch and remember and I did. The month was November, the year 64.

A few years later, I put a small transistor radio to my ear and heard, “Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby? Can you tell me where he’s gone? I thought I saw him walk up over the hill, with Abraham, Martin and John.”…

In our heart, we feel today like we felt then - that the country has spiraled off course.

We have got to make our country right somehow.

So it is fitting that we meet here today, at our invitation, to talk about what is lost and what is found and the knowledge that it is never too late to do the right thing.

We know that a country that can no longer properly equip its troops – where “too little, too late,” is the motto of defeat from a broken and corrupt procurement system is not right.

We know that torture is not about semantics, but about who we are as a people and what we stand for as a nation.

We know that liberators leave and occupiers stay.

We know as a people, we have been divided and deceived.

We know that it is wrong for 2% of the population to bear the military service of this country, rotation after rotation, while the rich enjoy tax cuts, and the poor in New Orleans live without hope.

We know we are off course.
We want to be proud Americans.
We want our country back.
We cannot be afraid.
We will not be silent.

We know in our gut, that an honest debate about the future of this country will not happen until either one, or both of the Houses of Congress are controlled by the Democratic Party.

It is with deepest humility that Alma and I want to thank you, our friends, for sharing our pain, and our struggle together.

It is with pride that we introduce to you one of the greatest Americans of our time, a man I am proud to call our friend, the Honorable Senator Edward Kennedy.

[Creena]

13. I saw my Gramma.

My cousin sent me a text that noting they were heading in soon. I could she her crying, which for her, says more than words.

[TayTay]

16. Lowell Mass, Jan 2006, kickoff event for Teddy to get ballot signatures

Teddy couldn't be in Lowell that day to greet old friends and supporters. My husband and I went because we wanted to help be a part of the ground crew that would stand out in the cold and gather our share of the 10,000 signatures that would get The Senator's name on the ballot. There was a small rally going on that day to get the sheets and say hello to some folks.

There were maybe 60 people in the room that day. There were some who had been "with" the Kennedy family since 1952 when JFK ran his first statewide race. They were always there for Teddy and always would be.

Teddy's grand-nephew Matt, then 26 years old (I think) was there to represent the Family and the Campaign. Great kid, but a little green at public speaking. (He had that famous Kennedy profile though. God, you can pick all the Kennedy's out at a function, State Convention, etc, I swear.) Matt did a little speech and thanked everyone for coming and for working for The Senator. The Family appreciated it.

We were sitting around doing what MA Dems do best, telling stories, when someone spoke about what Teddy had done for some local soldiers returning from Iraq. The Unit was actually out of Londonderry, NH. They had returned home from a long tour of duty and were in Iowa (I think) and ready to come home. They were due to come in on a bus which would have meant a 15 hour ride. (After God knows how long on a plane and so forth.) Someone thought that our honored troops, coming back from a war, should do better than a 15 bus ride to get home. So they called the Senators from New Hampshire to ask for help. Gregg and Sununu, as usual, were useless. One of the Mass families decided to put in a call to The Senator's office to ask for some help.

Those soldiers were on an airplane and home in a couple of hours to their families. The Senator rightly thought that our veterans deserve some respect, not another bureaucratic run-around. He took care of it.

He was truly an amazing man.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Many years ago when I was still a medic, why I remember this

well this reminds of that and how people can show their emotion

The president of the local red cross passed. And we gave him full military honors, every hour during the night we had a new honor guard do this.

But what struck me and I am seeing this, is that people from all social classes, came, and did this as well.

It was touching in a strange way, how folks who otherwise would never say high to each other at night or day, or in the street hugged each other outside the hall or inside the hall.

When people who help the people pass this happens, to me it was really small scale, but that is exactly what I am seeing now. And the honor guard, the hardest was keeping your eyes front and center given the circumstance...

It is always striking to me how similar military honors are around the world by the way, and how peoples honor people who deserve it.

By the way Senator

AAAATTTEEENNNN- UT....

Or to use my tradition a very loud

PRESENTE.

:patriot:

[TayTay]

21. MA State Democratic Convention, 2005 "Still the One"

Massachusetts was not the happiest of states in 2005. We had lost the year before and the blowback on that Presidential loss was, ah, not fun. The Mass Democratic Party was holding their annual convention, though this would be an interim and not a nominating convention. Howard Dean was going to speak, as well as the then 3 candidates for Governor in 2006. And Teddy Kennedy was going to give us a pep talk. (Well, we needed it.)

My husband and I went. There were some panel discussions first and one was graced by the presence of Vicki Kennedy. She was talking about guns and what her husband did and didn't mean by gun laws. (Don't want to get into an argument tonight. Her clarifications were mostly about what Teddy didn't want, btw, to clear up misunderstandings.) Vicki freely talked to anyone who wanted to speak to her, while she was in the room. Great panel, gracious woman.

I remember when Teddy was about to speak. His staff had handed out various blue placards with (group) FOR KENNEDY on them. The crowd was full of Women for Kennedy, and Labor for Kennedy and so forth. The sound system struck up Teddy's theme song, Still The One and The Senator came out to the most thunderous applause of the day.

Boy was he ever happy. That song just so fit him. He danced on stage, we danced on the floor of the Tsongas Arena. He twirled and sang on stage and we delegates twirled and yelled from the floor, "We're still having fun, and you're STILL THE ONE."

Now that was a memory. I danced and sang with Teddy Kennedy. Me and a few thousand of my friends. And boy did we ever have a good time. Cuz you always had a good time with Teddy.

[d_b]

22. I'm watching it

but I wish I could be there =/

[TayTay]

23. Thanks for checking into this thread

I couldn't go today and I suddenly needed someplace to put some of these memories, some way to honor this giant of a man who meant so much to so many.

We in Massachusetts were so blessed to be able to see Teddy. I wish you all could have seen him. He was such a grand man, a really grand man. I wish you could have known his humor, he was always so full of life and so funny.

The funeral services have been extremely well done. The public has been well served by this.

I have always had a Senator Kennedy. All my life. God, this is going to take some getting used to.

[TayTay]

24. Teddy's humor

John Kerry received and award from the Trustees of the JFK Library back in Feb of 2005. Teddy was supposed to present the Award, but there was a terrible snowstorm brewing and the odious 2005 Bankruptcy Bill was going to go to the floor of the Senate the next day and Teddy was floor-managing the opposition. (Oh God, someday go back and see how Teddy fought that abomination. He was sooooo wonderful in that unfortunately losing cause. That was the Lion in full roar.)

Anyway, John Kerry had some http://www.jfklibrary.org/NR/rdonlyres/662AC06E-F2E8-43DE-9B24-BF6051FFEE23/21474/AConversationWithSenatorJohnKerry.htm">extraneous remarks about Teddy before he got into his speech. I think you might enjoy this insight from a colleague who knew Teddy, on and off the Senate floor:

SENATOR JOHN KERRY: Thank you, sir, thank you. Well, I want to thank the Academy the … Oh, that’s last night. (laughter) Actually, that's a speech that everybody would love to give, second only to the speech that I would really love to give, which is, "I, John Kerry, do solemnly swear." (applause and laughter)

When Teddy called me about this award, I was speechless and he said, "That's a good start." There's no way for me adequately to express to any of you here how this really does touch me and how important this is to me in measuring life’s journey. And I say that because as Ted just said to you in his introduction, I was inspired by his brothers and I was inspired by him. And that's what brought me to the great cause of public service. So I’m grateful to Senator Kennedy and if anybody here understands why he is on that plane, the last plane out of here getting back to manage that bill, believe me I do, and so do you. I am blessed to serve, and you are blessed to have serve you without doubt one of the greatest United States senators to ever serve in the United States Senate. And we are so privileged here in Massachusetts to have him. (applause) I’m Teddy’s longest-serving colleague. I don't know how many of you know that. Twenty years we have been in this great battle together. And, you know, it’s interesting, for a person who is … I think he’s about 20 years my senior in the Senate … he was the most valiant, the best partner that I could have had in the efforts over the course of the last two years.

And many people might look at it and sort of say, "Well, you know, he's got every reason in the world to stand back and he ran himself," and so forth. He was a dynamo unto himself, and we had more fun out there. I got to tell you, anybody who knows Ted Kennedy, you know if you're out there with Ted Kennedy, you have fun. And I will tell you, he was a great foil for me because I would come out to an audience after Teddy had introduced me, and I’d talk about how this fellow had come up to me and asked me what it was like to serve in the United States Senate with an icon like Ted Kennedy, and what it was like to know that no matter how long were I to serve in the Senate, if I served, I would never accomplish what Ted Kennedy had accomplished. And what it was like to live with a living legend like Ted Kennedy. And then I’d stand up and tell the audience, "And the man who asked me that was Ted Kennedy." (laughter) So we had this ongoing back and forth and give and take.

But the best moment, I think, was shared with my daughter Vanessa when they were down in New Mexico together doing an event with Native Americans. And the event suddenly became very, very serious and Ted and my daughter had to stand there at attention and this dance was taking place and the music was growing louder and louder. And then they had to clasp hands and stand there together while this feather blessing took place, and it was really very, very moving and they were both very touched by it. But at the end of it, as the music grew and the blessing grew and the seriousness grew, Ted leans over to my daughter and says, "I think we just got married." (laughter)

By the way, I heard the introduction of Ted as the Lion in Winter, and I think that ends with the lion imprisoning his wife and sending her off, so we better end that reference. But I will tell you, Ted Kennedy in the caucus of the Senate, time and again when people are wondering which way we should move, or whether or not this is a cause worth fighting, and sometimes there is some silly talk, and you’ve all heard it in politics and business and life. Ted Kennedy is a guy who stands up there and he calls people back to their senses and back to their moral compass. And I think Teresa would join me in saying to every single person here, we are blessed not just to serve with him, I am blessed not just to serve with him as the senior Senator, but we are blessed in Massachusetts to have a remarkable statesman and an extraordinary committed activist and advocate. And they don’t come better in friendship or in advocacy than Ted Kennedy.

[PA Democrat]

28. Thank you for all the moving stories TayTay.

[TayTay]

30. My pleasure. Thanks for reading.

Our loss is so immense. The need to tell stories runs strong in my people (lol! ) and it's nice to know some people are enjoying them.

[TayTay]

25. Sitting vigil now, per the twitter entry

Sitting vigil 10-11 pm, Christie & Matthew Coombs (fmly of Michael who died 9/11), Anthony Coley (snte staff), Brian Quinn (frmr snte staff) http://twitter.com/kennedynews

AND

Line is now upwards of 20,000. per twitter

100 former staffers were at the Library earlier today.

[babylonsister]

26. 20,000? Wow. People saying good-bye to a giant. nt

[TayTay]

27. Yup, 20,000 people at 11 pm

That says something. 3 1/2 hour wait to get in.

[Suich]

29. I'm getting it on C-Span3 now but I don't know for how long. n.t

[Spazito]

31. TayTay, this is a beautiful thread...

Thank you for all your wonderful posts about Senator Kennedy, they are very heartwarming.

[babylonsister]

32. Ahh, I agree! Kick, and already recommended. nt

[merh]

33. Nightline said they were allowing the viewing to continue until

2:00 a.m. - the crowd that large, the lines that long.

[politicasista]

34. Thank goodness for C-SPAN

The Kennedys are a classy family. Uncle Ted = G.O.A.T.

Thanks for this thread. :grouphug:

[bleever]

35. I keep hearing that the people loved Teddy, because he loved them.

If all politics is local, it doesn't get any more local than the heart.

[TayTay]

36. Kick for the morning crowd, this is on C-Span2

streaming online at http://www.c-span.org/ and on Cable/Satellite stations.

Again, this is a very moving event. The silence is so profound. Maybe it's that silence that allows the love people felt for this man to shine through, free of the noise of hyperbole. Just love, simply expressed.

[Spazito]

40. I am watching on the CNN live video and...

yes, the silence 'speaks' volumes about the love and respect the public has for Senator Kennedy. It is incredibly moving.

[alsame]

37. Heard on MSNBC that over 30,000 people have visited so far. Most

had to wait in line for several hours.

[TayTay]

38. And the vast, vast majority were regular folks

who came from near and far to just say goodbye to someone who touched their lives, inspired them or made them feel that somebody actually gave a damn about them and their lives.

This is, for my money, the tribute that matters for Teddy. No doubt profound words will be spoken later on by the high and mighty, but the silent tribute of all those folks who had to wait in line to say a personal goodbye to Teddy will resonate with me for a long, long time.

"We the People" really can be wonderful and gracious, even en masse.

[alsame]

41. Yep. He never forgot who he represented and he worked for

them every day of his life. If I were anywhere near Boston, I'd be there too.

[TayTay]

39. I really love this twitter post from KennedyFamily

Group from the Democratic Republic of the Congo holding a very large Congo flag just entered library. from - http://twitter.com/kennedynews


Teddy touched so many lives. So, so many. God it was an honor to have him as my Senator.

[TayTay]

42. The Bish Family kept company with Teddy last night

Another family touched by this man. Another group of people touched by unspeakable tragedy who were comforted by someone who knew tragedy and it's affect.

ABC40 News in Springfield, MA in Western MA has a video up about this story. You can see it at the http://www.wggb.com/Global/story.asp?S=11004676&nav=menu1460_2">WGGB site.

Molly Bish was a teenager working as a lifeguard in MA one summer when she disappeared. Many in MA remember the frantic effort to find her and find her abductor. Her remains were discovered some years after her 2000 disappearance. Sen. Kennedy worked with the Bish Family on the Missing and Exploited Children legislation he helped get passed and always kept in touch with the family, as the video at this site shows.

Mrs. Bish thought she would be one of thousands in line to pay her respects to The Senator. Instead, she was part of the honor guard that kept vigil over the Senator for an hour last night.

Article: Same link as above

Kennedy there for the Bishes

By: Jim Cline

PALMER, Mass (abc40) -- Molly Bish was 16 years old when she was abducted and murdered while working as a lifeguard in Warren. Life has never been the same for her parents, John and Magi Bish. But they have learned to be involved, and Magi Bish says Senator Kennedy had a lot to do with that. "When Molly first went missing he called us," Magi says, "and he told us if there's anything that we needed, being from our state, he knew what tragedy was, he knew what evil is and when it's unexpected how do you deal with it?

The Bishes have dealt with it by establishing the http://www.mollybish.org/index.html">Molly Bish Foundation, an organization that promotes child safety. They have also pushed for legislation that does the same and they say Kennedy has been right there with them. "We can make laws but if we don't really have the funding and things to follow through," she says, "they really don't do what we hope."

So many stories, so many lives touched.

[TayTay]

43. Mrs Vicki Kennedy was back greeting the mourners

She has been unbelievable during this whole process. Just unbelievable.