Funeral held for Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin

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>> PATRICK ELWOOD: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDED AND LIVESTREAMED A FUNERAL TODAY FOR A SLAIN HOSTAGE IN GAZA WITH TIES TO CHICAGO. HE WAS ONE OF 6 HOSTAGES FANNED DEAD OVER THE WEEKEND. WGN'S COURTNEY SPINELLI HAS THE LATEST. >> GAYNOR HALL: YEAH. GOOD MORNING. THE WHALES OF FUNERAL GOERS COULD BE HEARD AS HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN WAS REMEMBERED THIS MORNING. THE 23 YEAR-OLD WAS HELD HOSTAGE BY HAMAS FOR MORE THAN 11 MONTHS. HIS PARENTS, PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD HOLDING ON TO HOPE THAT HE WAS ALIVE AND UNTIL JUST DAYS AGO, ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY HE WAS. >> I WILL LOVE YOU AND I WILL MISS EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. THOUSANDS LINING THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM, MOURNING THE LOSS OF HER SCHOOL BERG, POLAND, WHOSE LIFE WAS RIPPED AWAY BY HAMAS MILITANTS. >> GAYNOR HALL: HIS FAMILY DESCRIBING HIM AS A CHILD OF LOV LIGHT AND PEACE. A MAN OF INTELLIGENCE, KIKINDNESS A CURIOSITY FOR THE WORLD. >> ALWAYS SEEKING UNDERSTAND THE OTHER AND ALWAYS WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. >> THE 23 YEAR-OLD PARENTS, BOTH THE CHICAGO AREA NATIVES EULOGIZING THEIR SON DURING AN EMOTIONAL CEREMONY TRYING TO FIND MOMENTS OF LEVITY IN THE JOY. HE BROUGHT TO THEIR LIVES. A MAN CAME INTO THE LUNCH FROM ONE DAY AND EXCLAIMED. >> THERE'S A LITTLE KID OUT THERE FIELDING QUESTIONS ABOUT U.S. PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA. HE KNOWS EVERY ANSWER AND NOW HE'S CHARGING PEOPLE DOLLAR PER QUESTION GATHERING STATESIDE ALSO HELD IN THE CHICAGO AREA, BRINGING OTHERS TOGETHER TO LISTEN IN AS HIS LIFE WAS HONORED. ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY AUTOPSIES REVEALED GOLDBERG-POLIN IN 5 OTHER HOSTAGES WERE EXECUTED. SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE SHORTLY BEFORE ISRAELI FORCES WERE SENT TO RESCUE HOME. >> THAT PERHAPS THE DEAL WAS NEAR WITH SO AUTHENTIC. IT WAS IT TASTED CLOSE. BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE SO. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 6 SURVIVE TOGETHER. AND THOSE BEAUTIFUL 6 DIED TOGETHER. RACHEL GOLDBERG-POLIN SAYS THEY SHARE WITH THOSE FAMILIES, THEIR GRIEF AND THE FEELING THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO BRING THEM HOME. BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH IF THERE WASOMETHING WE COULD HAVE DONE TO SAVE YOU AND WE DIDN'T THINK OF IT. I BEG YOUR FORGIVENESS. WE TRIED SO VERY HARD SO DEEPLY IN DESPERATELY. >> I'M SORRY, MANY INCLUDING PROTESTERS WHO TOOK TO THE STREETS SUNDAY IN ISRAEL CALLING THE DEATHS OF HOSTAGES. A FAILURE ON ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO SECURE A DEAL THAT TIME TO ACT IS NOW BRING THEM GOLDBERG, COLIN'S PARENTS BECOMING SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT VOICES FOR THOSE HELD HOSTAGE FORCLOSE TO 330 DAYS. THEIR MESSAGE SPREAD ACROSS THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE, INCLUDING IN RECENT WEEKS AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. >> A FAMILY CALLS HIM A GLOBAL SYMBOL FOR BRINGING IMPROVEMENT TO THE WORLD. SOMETHG HE SOUGHT TO DO IN LIFE AND DEATH. WE FAILED. YOU. >> WE ALL FAILED. YOU. YOU WOULD NOT HAVE FAILED OKAY. SWEET FOR WACO. NOW ON YOUR JOURNEY. I HOPE THAT'S AS GOOD AS THE TRIPS YOU DREAMED ABOUT. BECAUSE FINALLY, MY SWEET BOY. FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY ARE >> THE GOLDBERG-POLIN FAMILY THANKED EVERYONE FOR THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT SINCE LAST OCTOBER. THEY SAY THEIR FAMILY WILL NEED AS MUCH OF IT AS THEY CAN GET GOING FORWARD IN SEPARATE STATEMENTS. BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT SAY THEY HAVE REACHED

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