From the sky, a light rain. Placed upon the lawn, two open-sided tents. Gathered beneath the tents, a group of mourners, heads bowed. And in front of the gathering, set upon the emerald grass of Mt. Olivet Cemetery, three headstones. They mark the ashes of those whose next of kin could not be found.
Today, the living have come to remember the dead.
In his brown and dark green uniform, Seattle/King County Public Health Prevention Manager Gary Johnson offers a prayer. "We grant that our sisters and brothers may sleep here in peace," he says. ...