FAR OUT THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS GO.
WE STILL NEED TO WATCH.
IT.
6 MANY
♪
YOU DON'T JUST MAUK IT TO THE
BIGS WITHOUT TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS PESTER.
NOT EVERYONE MAKES IT TO THE
BIGS.
YOU MAKE GREAT SACRIFICE IN
MAKING THE CROSSING, WE KNOW.
WE HAVE HEARD THE STORY, RIGHT,
HOW THIS YOUNG MAN, HOW THIS
YOUNG MAN VERY BRAVELY DOVE INTO
THOSE WATERS TO SAVE HIS
MOTHER'S LIFE.
♪ THE FROM THE OCEAN ♪
>> THAT SMILE OPENED THE DOOR TO
HIM
A BEACON OF LIGHT.
♪ MY HOME SWEET HOME ♪
>> Calvin: DEEP AND DEVASTATING
EMOTION FOR SO MANY.
WHAT A DAY IT WAS AT THE FUNERAL
MASS HELD TODAY AT ST. BRENDAN
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SOUTHWEST
MIAMI-DADE.
>> Janine: IT WAS A PRIVATE
CEREMONY PACKED WITH JOSE
FERNANDEZ'S FAMILY, FRIENDS AND
TEAMMATES.
LOCAL10 NEWS REPORTER TODD
TONGEN IS LIVE AT THE CHURCH TO
SHOW US WHAT HAPPENED.
TODD.
>> Todd: JANINE, CALVIN, IT WAS
A CEREMONY FILLED WITH RAW
EMOTION.
IT WAS PICKED HOUSE, STANDING
ROOM ONLY, NOT A DRY EYE IN THAT
ON HIS AS THE TWO AND A HALF
HOUR SERVICE WAS REALLY
EMOTIONAL FOR NOT ONLY THE
FAMILY BUT ALSO FOR SOUTH
FLORIDA FANS.
♪
>> Todd: IT WAS AN EMOTION
FILLED SPIRITUAL SEND-OFF FOR
MARLINS PITCHER JOSE FERNANDEZ.
HIS FUNERAL SOMBER AND
TEAR-STAINED BUT IT BECAME
UPLIFT BEGINNING HE MADE MANY
CROSSING IN HIS LIFE.
HE HAS ATTAINED DWIGHT A BIT OF
GLORY.
>> Todd: OUTSIDE ST. BRENDAN
CATHOLIC CHURCH BEFORE THE
FUNERAL BUS LOADS OF PEOPLE
ARRIVED, INCLUDING THE ENTIRE
MARLINS TEAM.
EVEN PAST PLAYERS CAME TO SAY
GOODBYE.
AND THEN NUMBER 16 ARRIVED.
JOSE WAS CARRIED IN BY BALL
PALLBEARERS WEARING HIS JERSEY,
COLLEGE OF THEIRS FISTS?
HONOR THEIR FALLEN BROTHER.
ONCE INSIDE GUESTS TOLD SWEET
STORIES ABOUT JOSE.
>> HE WORKED SO HARD TO
EXPERIENCE THE AMERICAN DREAM
AND ENDED UP BEING HIS VERY
EMBODIMENT.
>>
[ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ]
HE SCREAMED ON THE PHONE.
"FREE LIKE YOU."
I SAID WHY "NO, YOU'RE
DIFFERENT.
YOU HAD TO FIGHT AND RISK YOUR
LIFE TO GET HERE."
>> Todd: PERHAPS THE MOST
TOUCHING MOMENT CAMES AVE MARIA
WAS SANG, HIS MOTHER MR. ITS A
GRASPING THE FLAG BY HIS CASKET.
JOSE'S GIRLFRIEND WHO IS
CARRYING THEIR UNBORN DAUGHTER
PENELOPE APPEARED TO BREAK DOWN
SEVERAL TIMES REALIZING THEIR
DAUGHTER WILL NEVER MEET HER
FATHER.
AND ONCE THE SERVICE WAS OVER,
ABUELA AND HIS MOTHER RIGHT HERE
KISSED THE CASKET FOR A FINAL
TIME.
THE HAZARDOUS DROVE OFF.
WE BELIEVE THAT THEY TOOK TO BE
THE HEARSE DROVE OFF.
WE BELIEVE THEY TOOK HIS BODY
BACK TO THE FUNERAL HOME.
PRESUMABLY THEY WANT TO KEEP THE
BURIAL SITE VERY PRIVATE FAMILY
ONLY.
>> Janine: THAT ENTIRE MARLINS
TEAM ARRIVED FOR TODAY'S SERVICE
WITH HEAVY HEARTS.
THEY NEXT HEAD TOW WASHINGTON TO
FACE THE NATIONALS TOMORROW.
LOCAL10 SPORTS REPORTER CLAY
FERRERO CONTINUES OUR TEAM
COVERAGE.
>> Clay: HEY, JANINE.
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE ANY TEAM
GOING THROUGH WHAT THE MARLINS
HAVE GONE THROUGH SINCE SUNDAY
MORE THAN, NOT ONLY SAYING
GOODBYE TO A TEAMMATE WITH A
TRAGIC LOSS BUT HAVING TO PLAY
GAMES ON MOANED, TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE COMING
HERE TO ST. BRENDAN TODAY TO SAY
ONE FINAL GOODBYE.
THE MARLINS ARRIVED AT
ST. BRENDAN TOGETHER, UNIFIED AS
THEY HAVE BEEN SINCE THE TRAGIC
DEATH OF JOSE FERNANDEZ EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.
THEY WERE JOINED BOY THE GAME'S
COMMISSIONER ROB MANFRED AND
FORMER STARS, INCLUDING MARLINS
LEGEND JUAN PIERRE AND ALEX
FERNANDEZ.
>> AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO HIS
FOM MOM.
THAT'S WHAT BREAKS YOUR HEART
WHEN YOU SEE HIS MOM AND
GRANDMA.
TO PAY RESPECTS.
TO THE TEAM AND THE
ORGANIZATION.
>> BEING WHO I AM AND WHAT I
DID, I IDOLIZED HIM.
THAT'S HOW MUCH RESPECT I HAVE
FOR HIM.
♪
>> Clay: ONCE INSIDE THE CHURCH
FERNANDEZ WAS HONORED WITH
READING PIE TEAMMATE MARTIN
PRADO AND DON MATTINGLY, AND
EMOTIONAL SPEECHES BY TEAM OWNER
JEFFREY LORIA.
>> HIS STORY WAS REPRESENTATIVE
OF AND INSPIRING TO MILLIONS
ACROSS THE WORLD.
>> Clay: AND AGENT SCOTT BORAS.
>> EVERY TIME HE GREETED YOU,
THAT SMILE HIT YOU.
IT WAS THE WINDOW OF HIS SOUL.
FOR ALL OF JOSE'S ENORMOUS
BASEBALL EXPLOITS,.
>> Clay: EVEN THE PRIEST ADD
PING BASEBALL FLARE TO THE 911,
SAYING JOSE WAS TOO GOOD FOR
THIS LEAGUE AND HAS MOVED ON TO
A HIGHER ONE BUT THAT HE'S STILL
DOING SOME WORK FOR THE MARLINS.
>> THIS GUY IS WORKING, WORKING
IN HEAVEN.
YOU DO NOT BELIEVE ME?
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH DEE
GORDON HERE, YOU KNOW.
SKINNY LITTLE GUY LIKE THAT'S
NOT SUPPOSED TO HIT THE BALL
THAT FAR, AS FAR AS HE HIT IT ON
MONDAY NIGHT
>> GORDON TO RIGHT.
IT DEEP.
AND IT'S GONE!
COLLEGE AND JUST A REMARKABL
STORY THAT WE HEARD TODAY ABOUT
THAT DEE GORDON HOME RUN.
JOSE FERNANDEZ JUST A LITTLE
WHILE AGO TOLD DEE GORDON "I
LOVE YOU, BROTHER.
ONE DAY I'M GOING TO PROVE IT TO
YOU."
IT COULD VERY WELL BE SAID THAT