Mourners gather to remember bus crash victims

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A youth choir from Holy Redeemer Catholic Church sings hymns before the start of a memorial service Thursday night for four children killed in a school bus crash in Cottonwood.
MPR Photo/Mark Steil

More than 1,000 people gathered in a high school gym Thursday night in Cottonwood to remember the victims of Tuesday's fatal school bus accident.

They heard music, Bible passages and speakers -- school officials and politicians, students and ministers.

Among those who spoke were Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and U.S. Sens. Norm Coleman and Amy Klobuchar. Listen to some excerpts.