There was a huge police presence at in the area from both the DC Metropolitan Police and the US Capitol Police as well as police dogs, firefighters and emergency vehicles. I even saw an ambulance that was marked “Mass Casualty Unit.”

I’m not really sure why – these were just people who were waiting in line to get into the Rotunda to view John McCain’s casket.

*****

On Friday, I walked to the US Capitol, where Senator John McCain was lying in state. It’s not like me to do something like this, but like many Americans I mourned the passing of a true patriot and man of honor. Throughout the day some 16,000 people waited in a line that doubled and tripled an entire city block, in blistering heat, for a chance to pay their last respects to McCain in the Rotunda.

I didn’t go in as I had a camera with me, which was prohibited, plus I was dressed in shorts, which would have been disrespectful, so I stayed outside and paid my respects from there and also took some pictures of the crowd.

All walks of life, posted earlier: