Posted on 04/16/2015 6:58:06 AM PDT by pabianice
Rabbi (Maj.) Sarah Schechter, a Cadet Chapel Jewish chaplain, reads from the Torah while the U.S. Air Force Academy Honor Guard escorts the casket containing the remains of Capt. Richard D. Chorlins into the Cadet Chapel April 14, 2015.
COLORADO SPRINGS (Tribune News Service) — Six academy pallbearers carried a wooden casket shrouded with an American flag as they marched under a cloudless sky Tuesday morning.
They took seven steps, paused and took seven more steps.
The ritual was repeated until the processional had halted seven times on its way to the resting place for Capt. Richard David Chorlins in a Jewish burial custom to express grief and prolong saying goodbye.
The marchers delayed closure for the man's friends and family for a few more moments, but he was finally back at the Air Force Academy — where he wanted to be. And that's what the mourners had waited more than four decades to see.
"Rick, at long last, you are home with your loved ones," said friend Richard Diller, during a memorial service earlier in the morning.
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We salute you Captain....RIP
Thank you for posting this and may he truly rest in peace.
Welcome home, Captain. RIP.
In this case, God bless the men that pray and fight.
/johnny
Welcome home Capt. Chorlins. Now rest in peace!
May he rest in peace. His body is where he wanted it to be.
About the Rabbi (joined the Air Force because of 9/11): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrohqxDHSMc
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