Kelly Jones, deputy director of Louisville Metro Emergency Services, reflects on the enormous task of staging Muhammad Ali's funeral, watched by millions of people worldwide.
Mr. Jones discusses the overwhelming and ever-changing plans to properly and respectfully honor Muhammad Ali as his hearse moved through the city ahead of burial at Cave Hill Cemetery. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets, essentially assisting the city by impeding traffic that could otherwise break protocol.
Kelly Jones also had to deal with mulitiple representatives of foreign governments and their security agencies to assure that all visitors were protected.
There were no homicides in the Louisville area for at least four days, a sadly remarkable statictic in a city that finally found peace, albeit for less than a week.