>>
>> I
>> I AM
>> I AM LESLI FOSTER. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE.
WE START WITH LARRY MILLER LIVE
AT THE CAPITOL.
>> WE SAW A VERY EMOTIONAL
CEREMONY TODAY.
CEREMONY TODAY. >> Reporter: YEAH, INCREDIBLY
EMOTIONAL.
EMOTIONAL. A PROUD PATRIOT, A SERVANT, A
LOVING SON, A SPECIAL PERSON.
JUST SOME OF THE
CHARACTERISTICS USED TO
DESCRIBE OFFICER BRIAN
SICKNICK.
SICKNICK.
SICKNICK. COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
GATHERED HERE TODAY TO REMEM4@B
THE PERSON THAT THEY SAY GAVE
HIS LIFE, NOT ONLY TO SAVE
OTHERS, BUT ALSO TO PROTECT
DEMOCRACY.
DEMOCRACY. [ MUSIC PLAYING ]4@
>> Reporter: A PERFECT REFRAIN
FOR A HERO WHO DIED IN THE LINE
OF DUTY PROTECTING 4@4@DEMOCRAC
>> BRIAN AND HIS FAMILY WERE
MADE TO PAY SUCH A HIGH PRICE
FOR HIS DEVOTED SERVICE IN 4@4@
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL. IT WAS A SENSELESS TRAGEDY, ONE
THAT WE ARE STILL GRAPPLING
WI4@TH.
WI4@TH.
WI4@TH. IT HAS LEFT DEEP SCARS HERE IN
THIS BUILDING.
THIS BUILDING. >> Reporter: A SENSELESS LOSS
OF LIFE ALL BECAUSE RIGHT
OFFICER BRIAN SICKNICK WAS
DOING A JOB HE WAS SIMPLY SWORN
TO UPHOLD, A JOB, COLLEAGUE
SAID, RYAN SICKNICK TOOK GREAT
PRIDE IN.
PRIDE IN.
PRIDE IN. >> 4@A NATIONAL AIR GUARD VETER
AND A 12 YEAR MEMBER OF THE
CAPITOL POLICE FORCE.
A PEACEKEEPER, NOT ONLY IN
DUTY, BUT IN SPIRIT.
BRIAN WAS A PEACEKEEPER4@ WHO
LOVED HIS DOGS AND HIS
GIRLFRIEND SANDRA AND HIS
FAMILY AND THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS
. HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE WRONG
PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME ON 4@A @
WHEN PEACE WA4@S SHATTERED.
>> Reporter: A 4@SHATTERED FAMI
LEFT BEHIND TO GRIEVE,
COMFORTED NOT ONLY BY THE WORDS
4@OF LAWMAKERS.
4@OF LAWMAKERS. >> TO BRIAN'S PARENTS GLADYS
AND 4@CHARLES, HIS PARTNER
SANDRA, HIS BROTHERS KEN AND
CRAIG AND THE 4@ENTIRE SICKNICK
FAMILY AND THE CAPITOL 4@POLICE
FORCE, THANK YOU FOR GIVING
CONGRESS THIS PRIVILEGE4@4@ OF
HONORING BRIAN WITH THIS
CEREMONY.
CEREMONY.
CEREMONY. >> Reporter: A STEADY STREAM OF
UNIFORMED OFFICERS FILING PAST
TO GIVE A 4@FINAL SALUTE4@ OR A
SILENT PRAYER.
SILENT PRAYER. A BEFITTING TRIBUTE TO THEIR
FALLEN COMRADE LYING IN HONOR
IN THE ROTUNDA.
>> I PROMISE TO BRIAN'S FAMILY
IS THAT WE WILL NEVER FORGET
HIS SACRIFICE.
HIS SACRIFICE. WE MUST BE VIGILANT AS WHAT
PRESIDENT LINCOLN REFERRED TO
AS THE HARSH ARTILLERY OF TIME.
WE WILL NEVER FORGET.
WITH YOUR PERMISSION, MAY WE BE
WORTHY TO CARRY BRIAN IN OUR
HEARTS.
HEARTS.
HEARTS. >> WE PRAY IN YOUR SOVEREIGN
NAME, AMEN.4@ 4@
[ MUSIC PLAYING ] FROM SEA TO
SHINING SEA.4@
SHINING SEA.4@ >> Reporter: AS THE WIND
WHIPPED, THE FLAG FLYING AT
HALF STAFF, A REMINDER OF THE
COURAGE AND SACRIFICE OF
OFFICER BRIAN SICK.
MEMBERS OF THE MOUNTAIN UNIT
LED THE WAY, THE HEARSE FLANKED
BY A BRIGADE OF MOTORCYCLE
RIDERS, A WHITE TRUCK TRAILING
BEHIND WITH A SINGLE BIKE IN
THE FLATBREAD.
THE FLATBREAD. TO THANK AND PLACE OFFICER
SICKNICK AT ARLINGTON 4@NATIONA
CEMETERY.4@
CEMETERY.4@ OFFICER SICKNICK IS THE THIRD
U.S. CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER TO
LIE HERE IN HONOR AT THE
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL. THE FAMILY HELD A 4@PRIVATE BUR@
FOR OFFICER SICKNICK AT
ARLING4@TON NATIONAL CEMETERY.
BACK TO YOU.
>>4@ WHAT A TOUCHING AND
EMOTIONAL DAY.
EMOTIONAL DAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SICKNICK WAS THE ONLY POLICE
OFFICER KILLED FROM INJURIES AT
THE CAPITOL ATTACK.
TWO OTHER OFFICERS AT THE
CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6th DIED BY
SUICIDE IN THE LAST MONTH.
JEFFREY SMITH, A 12 YEAR