AND
AND BEYOND JUST COMING AS A BALLPLAYER OR PLAYING IN
ANOTHER CITY.
ANOTHER CITY. PLAYING IN ATLANTA IN 1966 AS A
BLACK MAN WAS SOMETHING VERY
COMPLICATED AND FULL OF PITFALLS
.
.
. >>
. >> WE
. >> WE HEARD HIM SAY THAT IT WAS
ABOUT $100 THAT MADE THE
DIFFERENCE AND BROUGHT HIM HERE
TO ATLANTA.
TO ATLANTA. >> OF AS OPPOSED TO THE GIANTS.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> THE PROCESSIONAL IS
BEGINNING AND THE SERVICE IS
SET TO BEGIN AT 1:00. IT LOOKS
LIKE THEY ARE FAIRLY CLOSE TO
BEING ON SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW
WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE
PROCESSIONAL. WE HAVE HEARD THE
ORGAN PRELUDE AND THE MT PEWS
ARE BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO
BE RESPECTFUL OF THE COVID-19
GUIDELINES AND PROTOCOLS.
YOU CAN SEE THE MASKS ON
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. WE UNDERSTAND THEY WILL TRY TO
MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING.
PRIOR TO PEOPLE ENTERING TODAY,
TEMPERATURE CHECKS WERE TAKEN.
WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE
ATLANTA MAYOR KEISHA LANCE
BOTTOMS AND AMBASSADOR ANDREW
YOUNG AND FORMER PRESIDENT
BILL CLINTON AS OTHER PEOPLE
ARRIVE AT THE CHURCH.
>> RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN
IS DUSTY BAKER, THE MANAGER OF
THE HOUSTON ASTROS AND FORMER
STAR PLAYER WITH THE LOS
ANGELES DODGERS. A CLOSE FRIEND
TO HANK AARON. HE HAS LED AN
AMAZING BASEBALL LIFE AS A
PLAYER, A MANAGER AND AS AN
INFLUENCER AND SOCIAL PIONEER
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. HE SPOKE YESTERDAY BY TAPE. HE
WAS UNABLE TO GET TO ATLANTA
BECAUSE OF CONNECTIONS. HE SAID
IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO
COMPREHEND THE NOTION THAT HANK
AARON IS NO LONGER HERE.
HE LOOKED FORWARD TO SEE HIM IN
HEAVEN AND HE DID NOT WANT
THINK ABOUT LIFE WITH OUT HIM.
THERE IS ALAN TENENBAUM,
LONGTIME ATTORNEY AND CONFIDANT
. THERE IS BILL CLINTON WITH
HIS MASK ON STANDING AT THE
PODIUM AS WE ARE MINUTES AWAY
FROM THIS BEGINNING.
>> WE SEE THE ATLANTA BRAVES A
DONE UP IN FLOWERS RIGHT THERE
AT THE FRONT OF THE SANCTUARY
AS WELL AS A LARGE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. WE UNDERSTAND THEY ARE LIMITED
TO 50 IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. THEY
ARE MAKING THEIR WAY INTO THE
SANCTUARY. THERE ARE PITCHER
SHOWN IN A VIDEO FORMAT ON THE
SCREENS AT THE SIDES OF THE
CHAPEL. WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM
A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING SOME
OF HANK AARON'S GRANDCHILDREN.
WE WILL HEAR REFLECTIONS FROM
FAMILY MEMBERS AS WELL. DURING
THE MEMORIAL SERVICE YESTERDAY,
PEOPLE WERE LIKE THANK YOU FOR
SHARING HANK AARON WITH US. IT
IS A SPECIAL THING FOR FAMILIES
TO HEAR. WE KNOW AND RECOGNIZE
YOU DID HAVE TO SHARE THIS
LARGER THAN LIFE FIGURE WITH
THE REST OF THE WORLD. THEY
THANKED TO THEM FOR THAT DURING
THE MEMORIAL SERVICES.
>> EVERYONE HAS A STORY AND I
HAVE STORIES OVER THE YEARS OF
INTERACTIONS OVER THE YEARS WITH
MR. AARON.
MR. AARON. IN THE 1990s, I WAS ASKED TO
PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION FOR
THE STATE OF GEORGIA FOR HANK
AARON AT HIS HOTEL.
IT WAS APRIL 8, 1984 AND THE
PROCLAMATION THAT I HAD TO READ
IN PUBLIC WAS LIKE THE MAGNA
CARTA.
CARTA.
CARTA. YOU KNOW, IT SPOKE OF HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I WAS READING
IT AND READING IT AND I LOOK
OVER MY SHOULDER AND HANK AARON
WAS LAUGHING AND HE SAID
QUIETLY, HURRY UP, JEFF, HURRY
UP.
UP.
UP. >>
UP. >> SUCH A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR.
HE ALWAYS HAD SELF-AWARENESS
THAT HE WAS NOT REGAL AND
DEMEANOR AND HE WAS JUST LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE, IN MANY WAYS.
THAT WAS PART OF THE ALLURE.
>> LET'S LISTEN IN ON THE
SERVICE RIGHT NOW.
>> [ ♪
>> [ ♪
>> [ ♪ ].
>> [ ♪ ]. MY PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU.
MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU.
NOT AS THE WORLD GIVETH I UNTO
YOU. LET NOT YOUR HEART BE
TROUBLED, NEITHER LET IT BE
AFRAID. FOR WHO SHALL SEPARATE
US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST?
SHALL TRIBULATION OR DISTRESS
OR PERSECUTION OR FAMINE OR
NAKEDNESS?
NAKEDNESS? OR PERIL OR SWORD? AS IS AS IT
IS WRITTEN, FOR THY SAKE WE ARE
HEALED ALL THE DAY LONG.
WE ARE COUNTED AS SHEEP FOR THE
SLAUGHTER.
SLAUGHTER. IN ALL THESE THINGS, WE ARE
MORE THAN CONQUERORS.
THROUGH HIM THAT HAS LOVED US.
FOR I AM PERSUADED THAT NEITHER
DEATH NOR LIFE, NOR ANGELS NOR
PRINCIPALITIES NOR POWERS NOR
THINGS PRESENT NOR THINGS TO
COME. NOR HEIGHT NOR DEATH NOR
ANY OTHER CREATURE SHALL BE
ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE
LOVE OF GOD WHICH IS IN CHRIST
JESUS. FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD
ARE UPON THE RIGHTEOUS AND HIS
EARS ARE OPEN TO THEIR CRIES.
THE LORD IS NIGH UNTO THEM THAT
ARE OF A BROKEN HEART AND THEY
THAT BE OF A CONTRITE SPIRIT.
MANY ARE THE AFFLICTIONS OF THE
RIGHTEOUS, BUT THE LORD
DELIVERS HIM OUT OF THEM ALL.
THE LORD REDEEMS THE SOUL OF
HIS SERVANTS AND NONE OF THEM
THAT TRUST IN HIM SHALL BE
DESOLATE. AND I SAW A NEW
HEAVEN, SAID JOHN, AND A NEW
EARTH. FOR THE FIRST HEAVEN AND
THE FIRST EARTH WERE PASSED AWAY
. THERE WAS NO MORE SEA AND I,
JOHN, SAW THE HOLY CITY, THE
NEW JERUSALEM COMING DOWN FROM
GOD OUT OF HEAVEN. PREPARED AS
A BRIDE AND ADORNED FOR HER
HUSBAND.
HUSBAND.
HUSBAND. I HEARD A GREAT VOICE OUT OF
HEAVEN SAYING, BEHOLD THE
TABERNACLE OF GAUL IS WITH MAN
AND HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM AND
THEY SHALL BE HIS PEOPLE AND
GOD HIMSELF SHALL BE WITH THEM
AND HE SHALL BE THEIR GOD. AND
GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS
FROM THEIR EYES. AND THERE
SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH. THERE
SHALL BE NO MORE SORROW. THERE
SHALL BE NO MORE CRYING.
NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE
PAIN FOR THE FORMER THINGS ARE
PASSED AWAY. AND HE SAT UPON
THE THRONE. HE SAID, BEHOLD I
MAKE ALL THINGS NEW. HE THAT
OVER, SHALL INHERIT ALL THINGS
AND I WILL BE HIS GOD. AND HANK
SHALL BE MY SON.