Tracking Cpl. Nathan Cirillo’s final trip home
We follow an emotional last ride for Cpl. Cirillo through tweets and photos as his body heads to Hamilton along the Highway of Heroes
A Canadian flag is seen with messages of condolences at a makeshift memorial in honour of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo outside of The Lieutenant-Colonel John Weir Foote Armoury in Hamilton, October 23, 2014. A gunman attacked Canada’s parliament on Wednesday, with gunfire erupting near a room where Prime Minister Stephen Harper was speaking, and Cirillo was fatally shot at the nearby Canada War Memorial, jolting the Canadian capital. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA – Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW MILITARY) – RTR4BDSN
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Thousands have gathered along the Highway of Heroes as the body of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, who died in Wednesday’s shooting in Ottawa, returns to his hometown of Hamilton with a motorcycle police escort.
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