MIDLAND, Texas (AP) -
Residents have gathered for a vigil in a West Texas town where a train
crashed into a parade float this week, killing four war veterans.
About 300 people attended
the event in downtown Midland. They lit white candles and prayed for the
victims' families and the community as a whole. The town square was
lined with American flags.
Mayor Wes Parry told the crowd that "the next few days will be tough but when we get to the other side, it will be better."
Ministers prayed for the community to have strength in wake of the tragedy.
City Manager Courtney Sharp says Midland is "grieving and in pain."
The Iraq and Afghanistan
war veterans were killed Thursday when a freight train slammed into the
float. Sixteen people were injured.
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