Ashes of fallen pilot placed in hometown cemetery

Xinhua | 2016-11-20 21:56

Ashes of fallen pilot placed in hometown cemetery

People mourn for pilot Yu Xu during a service at the memorial park for heroes in Chongzhou, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Sunday. [Photo/Xinhua]

Her ashes were taken to Chongzhou sports center for a public commemoration on Friday. Over the past three days, 360,000 people from all over the country came to mourn her and place flowers outside the mourning hall.

On Sunday, her ashes were taken from the sports center to the cemetery. The route was flanked by crowds who came to see her off.

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