(29 Jul 2024)
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Houston – 29 July 2024
1. Wide of people gather outside City Hall to pay their last respects
2. Mid of Mid of prayer outside of City Hall
3. Mid of a woman holding a flower stands in line
4. Mid of people gather outside City Hall to pay their last respect
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Eskender Tamarat, Houston Resident:
“Her passion for freedom and human rights is amazing. I mean, we’ve never seen anybody like that. That’s a manifestation of who she was. It’s a manifestation of her love. No matter who you are, no matter where you live, or no matter where you came from, for her, you were one human being. And she treats you as well."
6. various of city officials fill in to pay their respects
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Bobbie Nickerson, Houston Resident:
“I always had a deep admiration and respect for her because she could speak at spur of the moment. If you call her up, she has something to say. And that’s what I always admire about. I know I got up close to her one time and told her that face to face."
8. Mid of prayer outside of City Hall. UPSOUND: Holy and the pure. Shine like the radiance of heaven. To the soul of our beloved Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.
9. Mid of flag fly at half mast outside City Hall
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Phyllis Moss, Houston Resident:
“You know, politicians get in office, and they’re there for a long time, a lot of them. And sometimes they forget why they’re there and they look out for themselves more than for the community. And Sheila Jackson Lee just didn’t do that. Community was first all the time.”
11. Mid of people waiting in line
STORYLINE:
Several days of events honoring the life of longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas were set to begin Monday with the lawmaker lying in state in Houston’s city hall.
President Joe Biden also was scheduled to come to Houston Monday evening to pay his respects to Jackson Lee, according to the White House.
“No matter the issue — from delivering racial justice to building an economy for working people — she was unrelenting in her leadership,” Biden said in a statement after Jackson Lee’s death.
The congresswoman, who helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday, was 74 when she died on July 19 after battling pancreatic cancer.
Her body will lie in state in Houston’s city hall rotunda for 10 hours on Monday.
The Democrat had represented her Houston-based district and the nation’s fourth-largest city since 1995. She previously had breast cancer and announced the pancreatic cancer diagnosis on June 2.
Mayor John Whitmire, along with members of Jackson Lee’s family and religious leaders, are expected to take part in a prayer service Monday morning on the steps of city hall before the rotunda is opened to the public.
“For decades, Congresswoman Jackson Lee was a dedicated fighter for Houstonians. I invite everyone to visit city hall to pay tribute to this true public servant and honor her unwavering commitment to our community,” Whitmire said.
Before being elected to Congress, Jackson Lee served on Houston’s city council from 1990 to 1994.
She is set to be only the second person to be granted the honor of lying in state in Houston’s city hall rotunda. The other was renowned cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey, who died in 2008.
Jackson Lee also is set to be remembered at viewings and services on Tuesday and Wednesday before her funeral Thursday.
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