TUCSON, Ariz. - As his sister's casket was wheeled into the church, Dallas Green looked up at the cloudless sky. His eyes filled with the sight of the huge American flag dangling above.
It had flown over the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, the day Christina-Taylor Green was born. Now the 20-by-30-foot patched-up flag was flying over her hearse, strung between the ladders of two fire trucks.
It seemed the whole world was mourning Dallas' sister, the youngest victim of last Saturday's shooting rampage. The funeral cortege had passed hundreds of people lining the dusty road to the church. They silently clutched roses, Kleenex and crosses.
At a memorial service the night before, 20,000 people rose to their feet when President Obama said he wants America to be as good as Christina imagined it to be. Her birth on 9-11 made her a face of hope. Her death made her the face of ... you name it.
Christina had become the youngest symbol for hope, gun control, civility, Palin bashing, baseball dreams. You had to wonder what was going through Dallas' 11-year-old mind as he walked behind the little red oak casket.
Source: http://www.fanhouse.com/2011/01/13/dallas-green-stoic-as-granddaughter-laid-to-rest/
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