A Marine coming home one last time (Live funeral broadcast)

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Lance Corporal Skip Wells came back home one last time.

http://www.ajc.com/skip-wells-comes-home

His casket arrive at Hartsfield International Airport south of downtown Atlanta just before 1pm and a motorcade carried him on I-75 to Cobb County (north of Atlanta) where the funeral will be.

I-75 was cleared for the motorcade, four motorcycles carrying the US flag and USMC flag escorted the hearse. Along I-75 overpasses from the airport to Kennesaw, people gathered with US flags to say goodbye and honor the fallen Marine.

Cobb County Fire trucks used their ladders to hold up a US flag:

Cobb County PD motorcycle officers lead the convoy as the procession was near Kennesaw:

The hearse:

Made me choke up with pride.

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RIP, Marine.

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Fair winds and following seas Leatherneck.

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Heartbreaking

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That young man is the salt of the Earth. I am saddened and diminished.

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So very much this.

My thoughts and prayers are with the Wells family, and with his fellow warriors. May his murderer receive the fiery roasting he so richly deserves.

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Live broadcast of the funeral:

http://www.fbcw.org/skip/

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Thanks for sharing this, Sam.