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| Thousands join Cirillo family at funeral for soldier shot dead in Ottawa | Thousands join Cirillo family at funeral for soldier shot dead in Ottawa |
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| A fall wind blew the leaves about the streets of Hamilton, Ontario, as a procession of 4,500 people, including members of the Canadian armed forces, firefighters and police, accompanied Corporal Nathan Cirillo’s flag-draped coffin through the streets. | A fall wind blew the leaves about the streets of Hamilton, Ontario, as a procession of 4,500 people, including members of the Canadian armed forces, firefighters and police, accompanied Corporal Nathan Cirillo’s flag-draped coffin through the streets. |
| Cirillo, 24, was shot in last week’s assault on Canada’s parliament building in Ottawa, the second of two attacks last week that, according to police, were carried out by men who were recent converts to a radical interpretation of Islam. | |
| The corporal grew up here in Hamilton, and the city was shut down in mourning. An air of quiet melancholy, as well as pride, filled the air, as the city turned out to watch one of its own come home for the final time. | The corporal grew up here in Hamilton, and the city was shut down in mourning. An air of quiet melancholy, as well as pride, filled the air, as the city turned out to watch one of its own come home for the final time. |
| Thousands of onlookers, some wearing military insignia and others with Canadian flags or maple leaf badges, stood in near silence along the streets as the parade went past on its way to Christ’s Church Anglican cathedral. Still more wore poppies, and hundreds had laid flowers outside the city armory. | Thousands of onlookers, some wearing military insignia and others with Canadian flags or maple leaf badges, stood in near silence along the streets as the parade went past on its way to Christ’s Church Anglican cathedral. Still more wore poppies, and hundreds had laid flowers outside the city armory. |
| Phalanxes of police on motorcycles accompanied the funeral procession. | Phalanxes of police on motorcycles accompanied the funeral procession. |
| Canada’s prime minister, Stephen Harper, spoke at the service, saying that he had “now joined the ranks of so many brave Canadians who have gone before him, having given all in the service of their country”. | Canada’s prime minister, Stephen Harper, spoke at the service, saying that he had “now joined the ranks of so many brave Canadians who have gone before him, having given all in the service of their country”. |
| “Our hearts are broken at his loss, but our spirits are grateful for his memory.” | “Our hearts are broken at his loss, but our spirits are grateful for his memory.” |
| Padre Christopher Ryan, a lieutenant colonel and senior chaplain of the fourth Canadian regiment, said that the word that sprung to mind for a service l was “awed”. | Padre Christopher Ryan, a lieutenant colonel and senior chaplain of the fourth Canadian regiment, said that the word that sprung to mind for a service l was “awed”. |
| “Nathan’s cousin spoke to Nathan as a cousin, as a father, as a son, as a brother, and shared some stories from his youth,” he said. “Prime minister Harper spoke and situated Nathan as a son of Canada. His commanding officer spoke and situated Nathan as a soldier, and as a man.” | “Nathan’s cousin spoke to Nathan as a cousin, as a father, as a son, as a brother, and shared some stories from his youth,” he said. “Prime minister Harper spoke and situated Nathan as a son of Canada. His commanding officer spoke and situated Nathan as a soldier, and as a man.” |
| Ryan was visibly moved by the crowds that had gathered throughout the day. “In a strange way, it’s comforting,” he said. “It was something that everyone inside and outside was experiencing together.” | Ryan was visibly moved by the crowds that had gathered throughout the day. “In a strange way, it’s comforting,” he said. “It was something that everyone inside and outside was experiencing together.” |
| Dressed in ceremonial kilts, white boots and garters, members of Cirillo’s Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders unit took a prominent place in the ceremony, having marched alongside his flag-draped casket through the streets of Hamilton. | Dressed in ceremonial kilts, white boots and garters, members of Cirillo’s Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders unit took a prominent place in the ceremony, having marched alongside his flag-draped casket through the streets of Hamilton. |
| A trust fund has been set up for Cirillo’s young son Marcus by his regiment, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. A crowd-funding campaign to support both Cirillo’s family and that of warrant officer Patrice Vincent, who was killed in a separate, hit-and-run attack the day before Cirillo was shot, has already raised $550,000 in Canadian dollars. The funeral for Vincent, a 53-year-old warrant officer killed near Montreal when a man drove over him and a fellow soldier, will be held on Saturday. | A trust fund has been set up for Cirillo’s young son Marcus by his regiment, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. A crowd-funding campaign to support both Cirillo’s family and that of warrant officer Patrice Vincent, who was killed in a separate, hit-and-run attack the day before Cirillo was shot, has already raised $550,000 in Canadian dollars. The funeral for Vincent, a 53-year-old warrant officer killed near Montreal when a man drove over him and a fellow soldier, will be held on Saturday. |
| The killings rocked Canada and led to a debate on how the nation’s open culture, and particularly the low-key security in its capital city of Ottawa, may need to change. | The killings rocked Canada and led to a debate on how the nation’s open culture, and particularly the low-key security in its capital city of Ottawa, may need to change. |
| “It’s a different world for Canada now, with what happened,” said Brian Munro, who had come from Toronto to pay his respects. He said that people would remember Cirillo’s name for “a long, long time”. | “It’s a different world for Canada now, with what happened,” said Brian Munro, who had come from Toronto to pay his respects. He said that people would remember Cirillo’s name for “a long, long time”. |
| Outside the infantry hall of the Hamilton armory, a young woman stood slightly in front of the crowd wiping tears from her eyes. “I want to watch him come home,” she said. | Outside the infantry hall of the Hamilton armory, a young woman stood slightly in front of the crowd wiping tears from her eyes. “I want to watch him come home,” she said. |