Xavier Becerra: “To the family, let me also add my appreciation to the fact that they have been here, they have been very strong. To all…”

“To the family, let me also add my appreciation to the fact that they have been here, they have been very strong. To all the relatives who have taken the time to say a few words about Frank, I thank them as well. I will close by saying the following. As we were driving in the bus to go to the funeral and on our way back to catch a plane to go to Washington, D.C., we drove through streets that reminded me a great deal of home. The neighborhoods that I saw in south San Antonio were very much like the neighborhoods in which I remember growing up. To me it sent a very strong signal: This is a man who, modest in his ways, was doing a great deed and a great service for a community that oftentimes has never seen that type of champion. As much as he never boasted about going to the Harvards and Yales and Berkeleys of this world and getting educated, though he never boasted about the fact that he went out there and risked his life to save the life of another soldier, he was there. To me, seeing the context of his district sent home the message that this was really a man who knew his place, and I suspect he knows his place now that he is up there with the Lord. On behalf of all those who had an opportunity to say some words and for those who were perhaps unable to have come but would have loved to have said some words, I say to Frank, we will miss you.”