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Funeral for Krystle Campbell, Boston bombing victim begins
Ross Kerber and Scott Malone • Reuters
Hundreds of people wait in a line that extends around the block to pay their respects to the family of Krystle Campbell at her wake in Medford, Massachusetts April 21, 2013. Krystle Campbell died in the two explosions that hit the Boston Marathon on April 15 which killed three people and injured 176. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW OBITUARY)
A mother holds the hands of her son as they attend an interfaith worship service at a memorial on Boylston Street for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston, Massachusetts April 21, 2013. Two explosions hit near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, killing three people and wounding 176. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
A woman holds a flower at a memorial on Boylston Street to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston, Massachusetts April 21, 2013. Two explosions hit the Boston Marathon April 15 killing at least three people and injuring over 100 others. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
A mother and her son attend an interfaith worship service at a memorial on Boylston Street for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston, Massachusetts April 21, 2013. Two explosions hit near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, killing three people and wounding 176. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
A couple embraces at a memorial on Boylston Street to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston, Massachusetts April 21, 2013. Two explosions hit the Boston Marathon on April 15 killing at least three people and injuring over 100 others. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Two-year-old Wesley Brillant of Natick, Massachusetts kneels in front of a memorial to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings near the scene of the blasts on Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts, April 21, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
Well wishers hug as others wait in a line that extends around the block to pay their respects to the family of Krystle Campbell at her wake in Medford, Massachusetts April 21, 2013. Krystle Campbell died in the two explosions that hit the Boston Marathon on April 15 which killed three people and injured 176. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Runners participated in the Yonge Street 10k, the first major race this season in Toronto. There was a moment of silence as runners remembered Boston, scene of last weeks terrorist attacks. Stan Behal/QMI Agency
Investigators stand behind a barricade and memorial surrounding the site of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston, Massachusetts April 21, 2013. Two explosions hit near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, killing three people and wounding 176. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
A runner wears a message pinned to his shirt after completing the London Marathon on the Mall in central London, April 21, 2013. Undaunted by the Boston Marathon bombings, big crowds lined the route of London 's mass road race on Sunday to cheer on around 36,000 runners, many of whom wore black ribbons to remember the dead and wounded. REUTERS/Andrew Winning
Hundreds of people wait in a line that extends around the block to pay their respects to the family of Krystle Campbell at her wake in Medford, Massachusetts April 21, 2013. Krystle Campbell died in the two explosions that hit the Boston Marathon on April 15 which killed three people and injured 176. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Mourners watch as friends and family of Krystle Campbell arrive for her funeral at St. Joseph Church in Medford, Massachusetts April 22, 2013. Krystle Campbell died in the two explosions that hit the Boston Marathon on April 15 killing at least three people and injuring more than 100 others. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
A woman carries a sign before the funeral for Krystle Campbell at St. Joseph Church in Medford, Massachusetts April 22, 2013. Krystle Campbell died in the two explosions that hit the Boston Marathon on April 15 killing at least three people and injuring more than 100 others. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
A mourner watches from a tree branch before the funeral for Krystle Campbell at St. Joseph Church in Medford, Massachusetts April 22, 2013. Krystle Campbell died in the two explosions that hit the Boston Marathon on April 15 killing at least three people and injuring more than 100 others. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Mourners wait outside for the funeral of Krystle Campbell at St. Joseph Church in Medford, Massachusetts April 22, 2013. Krystle Campbell died in the two explosions that hit the Boston Marathon on April 15 killing at least three people and injuring more than 100 others. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
The casket containing the body of Krystle Campbell arrives at St. Joseph Church for her funeral Mass in Medford, Massachusetts April 22, 2013. Campbell died in the two explosions that hit the Boston Marathon on April 15 killing at least three people and injuring more than 100 others. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
BOSTON - A day of remembrance in Massachusetts reached around the world.
Hundreds of mourners crowded outside a suburban Boston church on Monday for the first of a series of funerals for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. It was followed by an evening university service for another young life cut short, this time a student from China.
The morning funeral was for Krystle Campbell, 29, a restaurant manager, and the evening's for graduate student Lingzi Lu, whose death resonated in China.
The April 15 attack at the marathon's finish line killed three people and injured more than 200.
No public funeral has yet been scheduled for the bombing's youngest victim, 8-year-old Martin Richard.
The suspected bombers were also believed to have fatally shot a campus police officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Thursday night before a gun battle with police and day-long manhunt that left most of the Boston area locked down.
The ceremonies came on a day of transition for the region after the bombings, marked both by the start of federal court proceedings and a moment of silence in mid-afternoon.
Near the blast zone, FBI officials lowered an American flag that had flown near the site of the bombing since April 15, and law enforcement officers carefully folded it and presented it to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.
It was part of the process of investigators to turn the crime scene back over to the city and set the stage for the eventual reopening of Boylston Street, a busy shopping and commercial route closed for more than a week.
Some in the crowd outside St. Joseph's Church in Medford said they had driven as far as 100 miles (160 km) to attend the funeral of Campbell, and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and interim U.S. Senator William "Mo" Cowan also were there.
Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley spoke, according to an event program. The funeral was closed to the media.
The hearse carrying Campbell's red-tinted casket was escorted by about 20 police motorcycles. An honour guard of uniformed law enforcement officers stood in front of the church as pallbearers carried the casket in.
Krystle M. Campbell, a 29-year-old from Medford, Mass., is pictured in this undated Facebook photo. Campbell has been identified as a victim killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. (Facebook/QMI Agency)
'TRAVESTY'
Chuck Walsh, a retired custodian from Medford High School, came from Ossipee, New Hampshire, for the funeral of Campbell, whom he remembered calling him "Mr. Chuck" in her school days.
"It was travesty what happened," Walsh said.
Also there was Renee Arsenault, a 28-year-old hairdresser who went to middle school with Campbell.
"I am so happy this many people showed up in her honour," Arsenault said.
After the funeral, Patrick and Menino led a moment of silence at the State House at 2:50 p.m. (1850 GMT), to mark one week since the moment of the first bombing. The governors of nearby states including Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maine also observed the moment of silence.
In the evening, Boston University held a poignant memorial service for graduate student Lu, with speakers including her father, friends and the school's president, Robert Brown, who recalled she liked blueberry pancakes and the violinst Itzhak Perlman.
Lu had been at the marathon's nearby finish line with friends to celebrate handing in a research project, Brown said.
The event drew both Chinese media representatives and Zhong Ruiming, an official from China's consulate in New York. "Today we are gathered here with a heavy heart," he said.
He said the bombing "once again brought home the importance, to all of us, the importance of peace, security and social harmony."
He said Lu was her family's only child. Her father Jun Lu recalled his daughter's energy and outgoing drive. "She was the family's Shirley Temple," Lu said, according to a translation of his remarks.
Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, will visit Boston on Wednesday to attend the memorial service for Sean Collier, a police officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the bombers also are alleged to have killed, a White House official said.
Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was in custody at a Boston hospital on Monday after being apprehended on Friday night. He was badly injured in a gun battle with police that led to the death of his older brother Tamerlan, 26.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged on Monday by federal officials with crimes including the use of a weapon of mass destruction.
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