The
world has not seen such collective sorrow drawn out to 12
hours of mournful marching. Under sun and rain, along 30
kilometers of asphalt streets beginning at Sto.
Domingo church in Quezon City where concelebrated funeral
mass was said at 9 a.m. through espana in Sampaloc district
through Quezon Blvd, past Plaza Miranda and over Quiapo
bridge, through Liwasang Bonifacio, along City hall to the
Luneta, winding down through Roxas Blvd.
turning at Buendia and emptying into the south expressway and into Sucat,
Paranaque for the final rites at the Manila memorial park at 9 p.m.
Two
million lined the streets. Many more listened to Catholic Radio Veritas,
the one and only station that dared to report it, from beginning to end,
later the funeral was to be reported to the Guinness book of records and
then featured in the U.S. tv show "That's Incredible!"