Thousands of mourners lined up in the blazing heat to view the casket of George Floyd in his hometown of Houston.
3:44 a.m.: Public viewing for George Floyd draws more than 6,300 visitors
Thousands of mourners lined up in the blazing heat to view the casket of George Floyd in his hometown of Houston on Monday. Mourners wait to view the casket of George Floyd during a public visitation at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston, Texas, on June 8, 2020. Mourners wait to view the casket of George Floyd during a public visitation at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston, Texas, on June 8, 2020.at The Fountain of Praise church in southwest Houston. The average wait was about 30 minutes, and four people had to be transported to a local hospital for heat exhaustion, according to Dallas Jones, a deacon at the church.
Pallbearers move the casket of George Floyd after a public viewing at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston, Texas, on June 8, 2020.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was among the attendees at the public viewing.at the church Tuesday, followed by a burial at the Houston Memorial Gardens cemetery in the suburb of Pearland, where he will be laid to rest next to his mother, according to the family's representatives.
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