Thousands Gather For Funeral For LAPD Marine Killed In Afghanistan

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 13: The casket carrying the remains of 45-year-old Los Angeles police SWAT officer and Marine reservist Robert J. Cottle is carried in a mule-drawn funeral wagon to services at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on April 13, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. Cottle and fellow Southern California Marine, 19-year-old Lance Cpl. Rick J. Centanni, of Yorba Linda, died when the armored vehicle they were in struck an improvised explosive device in the Marja region of Afghanistan during a US-led offensive against Taliban forces in the region. Cottle leaves behind a wife and a 9-month-old daughter and will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)