Michigan mourners welcome Ford body

Moving quietly and solemnly through the moonlight, mourners in Michigan waited for a chance to file past the casket of Gerald Ford, welcoming home the 38th US president for a final time.

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pay tribute,” said Karin Lewis, 44, who brought her five boys, aged six to 15, to Ford’s presidential museum to pay their respects last night. “He meant so much to this community.”