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Victims of the limousine accident are in mourning
Hundreds of mourners gathered Saturday in a church in northwestern New York for the funeral of four sisters and four other family members who died in a limousine accident that cost life to 20 people.
Reverend O. Robert DeMartinis told mourners of the Roman Catholic St. Stanislaus Church in Amsterdam, NY, that their loved ones can still see their tears, feel their sorrow and wish to live in the present moment .
Referring to the catastrophic accident last Saturday that turned a birthday party into a tragedy, "the question that so many people are concerned about is why," said the priest. "Why did these 20 people have to be kidnapped so quickly and so unexpectedly?"
Among them were Amy Steenburg and her husband, Axel Steenburg, whom DeMartinis had married in June.
An element of their wedding was brought to the funeral: a sign that the couple asked the wedding guests not to take a photo because "we suggest you live in the present moment".
The priest showed the sign for about 500 people in mourning in the benches. "It's what they ask me to ask you to do today," said DeMartinis.
The remains of Amy Steenburg and her husband, as well as her brother Richard Steenburg, rested near the altar. Amy's sister, Abigail Jackson, and her husband, Adam Jackson; Sister Mary Dyson and her husband Robert Dyson; and the fourth sister, Allison King.
Each of the three married couples shared an urn.
– Associated Press
MICHIGAN
A tip led to the discovery of remains of infants
An anonymous letter led Michigan inspectors to find poorly decomposed remains of 11 children hidden in the ceiling compartment of a funeral home in Detroit, police said.
Inspectors from the Michigan Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Department found human remains on Friday at the former Cantrell funeral home, just hours after receiving the letter telling them where the bodies had been found, told the press Brian Bowser. The funeral home has been closed since April, when state inspectors suspended its approval following the discovery of bodies covered with what appeared to be mold.
The remains of the children, some apparently stillborn, were in a false ceiling between the first and second floors, Brower said. The authorities do not know how long the remains have been stored there, he said. The investigators also did not determine who could have left the bodies there.
Investigators have names for some of the remains and officials made contact with relatives.
– Associated Press
Storm Debris Removed from Houston Watersheds: More than a year after the destructive floods caused by Hurricane Harvey, officials said they had finished removing fallen trees and other debris from the storm that had blocked the region's 22 watersheds from Houston. The Harris County Flood Control District announced Friday that it had removed about 40,000 tonnes of debris since Harvey flooded Houston in August 2017. The Flood Control District spent $ 8.9 million for cleaning.
Thousands of people in Chicago attend the & # 39; Mars to the Polls: Thousands of people marched through downtown Chicago to express their dissatisfaction with President Trump and encourage voters to go to the polls for next month's mid-term elections. The march was held Saturday after a rally at Grant Park organized by Women's March Chicago. The group christened the March to the Polls event. A crowd of people took to the streets chanting "Let's vote!" as they walked from Grant Park to Federal Plaza.
– news services
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