WEBVTT SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILY. SERA? SERA: ERIKA, A VERY EMOTIONAL MORNING IN HANOVER. THE FUNERAL SERVICE IS NEARING ITS END. WE HEARD THE EULOGY LEVERED BY SGT. CHESNA’S BROTHER-IN-LAW, ALSO A CAPTAIN WITH WEYMOUTH POLICE. WE LEARNED MORE ABOUT SGT. CHESNA PERSONALLY, HOW MUCH HE LOVED THE PATRIOTS, HOW HE HAD TATTOOS OF ALL THE BOSTON SPORTS TEAMS, AND HOW MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, HE WANTED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. [BAGPIPES PLAYING] SERA: SOUNDS OF SADNESS RING THROUGH THE STREETS AROUND ST MARY OF THE SACRED HEART CHURCH, THOUSANDS OF POLICE OFFICERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY ARRIVE FOR THE FUNERAL OF WEYMOUTH POLICE OFFICER SERGEANT MICHAEL CHESNA, KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. >> THESE ARE ALWAYS REMINDERS, SOMETIMES PEOPLE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, POSSIBLILITY THEY FAC -- TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT IT’S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY THEY FACE WHEN THEY GO OUT AND DO THIS JOB SERA: THE MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE STAND IN FORMATION OUTSIDE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER BONDING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT A BROKEN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND YOUNG GRIEVING FAMILY. GARY MARTIN CAME ALL THE WAY EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND TO WAVE A FLAG FOR SGT. CHESNA. >> IT IS A TIME FOR COMMUNITIES TO GET TOGETHER AND REMEMBER WHAT’S IMPORTANT, AND CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. >> WORST NIGHTMARE, WORST NIGHTMARE. SERA: MARYANNE RIDGE OF HANOVER HAS 7 POLICE OFFICERS IN HER FAMILY. ONE POLICE FAMILY’S LOSS, IS EVERYONE’S LOSS. >> IT HITS HOME. IT’S ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD. YOU’RE STRONG. BUT YOU’RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT IT. IT’S ALWAYS THERE. SERA: HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, ALSO A POLICE CAPTAIN, DELIVERING THE EULOGY. >> MIKE HAD A CALL IN TO PROTECT AND SERVE. SERA: AND AND ESPECIALLY TOUCHING PART OF THE EULOGY, THE WEYMOUTH POLICE CAPTAIN READ A LETTER FROM SGT. CHESNA’S WIFE SHE HAD WRITTEN TO SGT. CHESNA, AND IN IT, SHE VOWS TO M