Hortman was honored for her legislative accomplishments and her humanity during a funeral where over 1,000 mourners gathered, including President Biden and Vice President Harris.
You used to collect us all and bring us to the sunbeds and on the way home you would put on love songs for us and we would sing our hearts out.
"Yesterday, this time 24 hours ago, the sun was shining, the sky was blue, the sea was attractive, everything was wonderful. Today, a dark cloud has come over everybody in different ways but especially the families of Emmanuel and Matt."
"She left her fingerprints on countless lives," Sharpton told a crowd packed into Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. "Harlem holds you in our heart."
"PC Philip Walters made the ultimate sacrifice for the community he served here in Redbridge 30 years ago. It is important to remind ourselves that behind the uniform of an officer was a brave young man a son, a friend and a colleague who paid the ultimate sacrifice."
"We envisioned images of our reunion focusing on doing, on our fight for your release and for some clarity in the face of the unknown," Orna recalled Tuesday. "And now things are clear, but not as we hoped."
"It's hard to believe, but the horrific attack on the World Trade Center, in which so many innocent lives were senselessly cut short, was 23 years ago," said Assemblyman Colton in advance of the memorial.
