Sir Edmund Hillary's State Funeral + photos
I watched today's State Funeral on TV ONE. It was quite amazing. Thousands of people, despite of occasional heavy rain pour today, lined up in Auckland Domain, Newmarket, Parnell for hours just to see Sir Ed for one last time. When the hearse finally arrives, people from all walks of life quietly clapped and some throwed flowers.
Despite the absent of royal members in the service, there was an appropriate, and impressive range of people including memebers of the original expedition team, Sherpa people, and Son of Tenzing Norgay attended the service. It was particularly moving to see that with the help of his friend and Sherpas, Sir Ed's achievement on helping people in Himalayan Mountains lived on to today.
And ... did any one notice that, despite the bad weather in Auckland for several days, there were actually sunny periods at the time when the service starts and when Sir Ed's casket leaves the Church.
It was quite sad that I could not be one of the people line up along the road to see him for one last time . However, I did took time to have one last look last night in Holy Trinity's Lying in State.
It was absolutely amazing to see the amount of people gathered there. I arrived about 11 pm, but when I finally get into the cathedral, it was around half past one, and there was still a long line behind me.
There is no doubt that Sir Edmund Hillary is the greatest mind ever lived in our generation, and we won't be able to see another one of his kind, ever again.
He'll be forever remembered.
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