Just east of the Bay Street viaduct Thursday morning beneath an American flag, Sgt. Breonna Moffett made her final journey home.
Savannahians lined the road from Fahm Street and down Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to pay their respects to Moffett, a U.S. Army Reservist who was killed in action on Jan. 28 after a drone in Jordan struck her container dwelling unit.
Moffett’s hearse was escorted through downtown Savannah to Campbell and Sons Funeral Home on West Park Avenue by her family and Mayor Van Johnson as well as members of the Savannah Police Department, Georgia State Patrol and Patriot Guard Riders.
About 60 people gathered along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between West Harris and Liberty Streets. Several were seen wiping their eyes as the escort passed.
Tina Robinson, who lives just off Gwinnett Street in downtown Savannah. She did not know Moffett, but her son is stationed in West Virginia, and she got a call from him the night before that he would be deploying within the next year.