Officer Nava Funeral

[brad]

Officer Hank Nava of the Fort Worth Police Department was laid to rest December 5, 2005. He died on December 1, 2005 after being shot in the head while serving a warrant two days earlier. He is survived by a wife and two young children. Thousands of mourners, including hundreds of police from all over the Dallas/Fort Worth area, surrounding communities, and other parts of Texas attended the funeral and lined the route of the procession.







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[Jake]

Nice shots. That first shot is great.

This is a sad story we see way to often now days.

[jerrykr]

Your shots are very good Brad, you covered this very well. Good planning is evident.

-=- Jerry -=-
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[Roy]

Excellent shots of a sad day for Fort Worth.

[Joe_Lorenzini]

The display of respect for Officer Nava was enormous. I have never seen anything like I did today. It was an honor.

I'm going to split this post into two different messages...

Here are some of the shots I took today:

Placing Officer Nava into the car to be transported to the cemetery:


Officers waiting to escort the car to the cemetery:


The gathering. There must have been 1,500 officers present.


The walk back to the cars went under a huge flag hanging between two firetrucks:


I'll have to post a gallery because there were many photos that show the level of respect due to Officer Nava.

[Joe_Lorenzini]

While driving to the cemetery I was surprised to see so many people along the side of the freeway with their hands over their hearts, their hats in their hands and to see fire companies on bridges saluting. There were hundreds of them.

But one visual stuck out among all the others... These shots were taken out the front window of my car:


This one marine, all by himself. Standing and saluting as each car went by. This visual will stay with me forever.


_/oe

[ShutteredEye]

Originally Posted by Joe_Lorenzini

While driving to the cemetery I was surprised to see so many people along the side of the freeway with their hands over their hearts, their hats in their hands and to see fire companies on bridges saluting. There were hundreds of them.

But one visual stuck out among all the others... These shots were taken out the front window of my car:


This one marine, all by himself. Standing and saluting as each car went by. This visual will stay with me forever.


_/oe

That is an unbelievable gesture. Man I love this country.

[Murph]

Semper Fi. Wonderful photographs, they catch the spirit of the event.

[LoungeLizard]

Touching...very touching.

[brad]

Great stuff, Joe.. the Marine is one of those moments when you wish you could pull your car over and make a proper picture... The pride in his salute is palpable.

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Originally Posted by brad

Great stuff, Joe.. the Marine is one of those moments when you wish you could pull your car over and make a proper picture... The pride in his salute is palpable.

Yep, you feel my pain exactly.

[Roy]

Thanks for posting those shots Joe. It's a good thing to see.

[snidow]

Thanks for sharing such moving photos!

[dblink]

You did a great job of showing the emotion of the day. A picture really is worth a thousand words.

[dbphotos]

Great shots guys. I wish I could have been there. There have been too many funerals in the last 2 months!