Standing tributes
On Wednesday morning, some 5,000 MIT students, faculty and staff stood patiently waiting to enter Briggs Field to pay their respects to slain MIT Officer Sean Collier.Patricia Crosby, a financial assistant in MIT’s Department of Financial Accounting and Reporting, was one of many who arrived early to secure a seat. “It’ll be a day that I’ll always remember,” said Crosby, who has worked at MIT for 24 years. “What brought us to this line was a tragedy. Things like this are not supposed to happen. We see it on TV and elsewhere, but here it is now, up close and personal, and it’s so surreal. We’re just here to lift up the family, hopefully, and pay our respects.” The MIT and law enforcement communities came together Wednesday to remember slain MIT Police Officer Sean Collier. Photo: M. Scott Brauer Others in line, such as Claude Muhinda, have observed a new sense...