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WEBVTT REPORTER: CONG CONGREGANTS LEAVING THE FUNERAL FOR DR. WILL B JERRY RABINOWITZ ARE CARRYING HEAVY HEARTS BUT THEY SAY HE HAD A BIG IMPACT ON THEIR LIVES. THEY ALSO REALIZED HIS LIFE WAS A BRILLIANT SPECTACLE THAT SHALL NOT DIM. >> VERY, VERY SAD. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND IT'S ALSO UPRISING. THIS IS WHAT JERRY WOULD WANT. HE WAS ALWAYS SO POSITIVE, OUTGOING, ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL PERSON. REPORTER: DR. JERRY RABINOWITZ WAS CONSIDERED A COMMUNITY HERO LONG BEFORE THE MASS SHOOTING WHEN HE ATTENDED TO THE WOUNDED JUST BEFORE BEING GUNNED DOWN HIMSELF. >> HE WAS A HERO WHEN NO ONE ELSE WOULD BE AS A DR., YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF AIDS PATIENTS WHEN IT WASN'T A POPULAR THING TO DO. >> HE TRAINED ME TO BE THE KIND OF FAMILY D OC THAT I TRY TO BE EVERY DAY. REPORTER: HOW IS THAT? >> TO BE SOMEBODY WHO NOT ONLY SERVES THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN FRONT OF HIM THE BEST HE CAN, BUT LOOKS FOR POPULATIONS THAT NEED MORE HELP. REPORTER: AMONG THOSE WHO PACKED THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE FUNERAL WAS A MAN WHO KNEW JERRY RABINOWITZ ONLY BY WHAT HE READ ABOUT HIM. AND NOW HE WANTS TO BE JUST LIKE HIM. >> HE WAS A PERSON WHO WANTED TO HELP OTHERS AND I DREW INSPIRATION FROM THAT TO SEE TO SEE HOW I CAN EMULATE THAT AND HELP OTHERS AND BE THERE FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND BE POSITIVE AND TRY TO CHEER PEOPLE UP. REPORTER: AS THE DR. WAS CARRIED TO HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE THE INTERSECTION OF DARLINGTON ROAD AND MURRAY AFTERNOON FELL QUIET. GAY LE TELLS US WHY. >> EYES HONOR, HIS LOVING, GOODNESS, GENEROSITY, HIS SPIRIT, HE WAS ALL OF THAT. ALL OF

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