International
Pictures of the Year.
First
Place:
Pictures of the Year.
Todd Heisler,
The Rocky Mountain News
When
2nd Lt.
James Cathey's body arrived at the Reno Airport , Marines climbed into the
cargo hold of the plane and draped the flag over his casket as passengers
watched the family gather on the tarmac. During the arrival of another
Marine's casket last year at Denver International Airport , Major Steve
Beck described the scene as so powerful: 'See the people in the windows?
They sat right there in the plane, watching those Marines. You gotta
wonder what's going through their minds, knowing that they're on the plane
that brought him home,' he said. 'They will remember being on that plane
for the rest of their lives. They're going to remember bringing that
Marine home. And they should.'
James Cathey's body arrived at the Reno Airport , Marines climbed into the
cargo hold of the plane and draped the flag over his casket as passengers
watched the family gather on the tarmac. During the arrival of another
Marine's casket last year at Denver International Airport , Major Steve
Beck described the scene as so powerful: 'See the people in the windows?
They sat right there in the plane, watching those Marines. You gotta
wonder what's going through their minds, knowing that they're on the plane
that brought him home,' he said. 'They will remember being on that plane
for the rest of their lives. They're going to remember bringing that
Marine home. And they should.'
Second Place:
Todd Heisler,
The Rocky
Mountain
News
The
night
before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave
the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The
Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before
she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that
reminded her of 'Cat,' and one of the Marines asked if she wanted them to
continue standing watch as she slept. 'I think it would be kind of nice if
you kept doing it,' she said. 'I think that's what he would have
wanted'.
3rd Place before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave
the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The
Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before
she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that
reminded her of 'Cat,' and one of the Marines asked if she wanted them to
continue standing watch as she slept. 'I think it would be kind of nice if
you kept doing it,' she said. 'I think that's what he would have
wanted'.
"Son, on behalf of a grateful nation, I present you with the flag of the United States of America, symbolizing your father's service."
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