DONNA KELLEY, CNN ANCHOR: Saturday was a day to say goodbye for friends and relatives of the 88 people who died in the crash of Alaska Air Flight 261. Memorial services for those who died in Monday's crash were held in California, Washington state and Oregon. One service paid tribute to Alaska Air pilot Ted Thompson. He had 10,000 flying hours with the airline and worked as a flight safety instructor for the company. Another memorial service is wrapping up at Pepperdine University in Malibu, and that's where CNN's Charles Feldman is at this hour.</s>CHARLES FELDMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Donna, yes, in fact the service here ended a few minutes ago. And I've been looking behind me because circling off in the distance were 88 white doves that were released at the end of this memorial service, one dove for each person on board Alaska Airlines Flight 261. And as you mentioned, about an hour or so ago, sort of an official day of closure for family and friends of those who perished on board that flight. They attended this service here on the campus of Pepperdine University, that's in Malibu, California. There are a number of speakers, including the governor of the state of California. There was a message delivered by President Clinton, and it was delivered by the secretary of the Department of Transportation. But there was one person, one speaker here, who shared a very special bond with those who attended this memorial.</s>BISHOP FREDERICK HOUK BORSCH: I was once on a commercial jet that crashed. I was among the fortunate. Others lost their lives. People asked me afterwards, where was God when the plane crashed? All I could respond was, ye though I walk through the valley of death, thou art with me.</s>FELDMAN: One can only imagine the emotions going through that gentleman's mind, having shared that kind of awful experience. Every participant of this service was given one flower. At the end of the service, those flowers were being collected by the U.S. Coast Guard. And the Coast Guard is going take all those flowers and fly out to the site offshore here and deposit them in the area where Alaska Airlines Flight 261 went down on Monday night. Charles Feldman CNN reporting live from Malibu, California.
Friends and Relatives Say Goodbye at Memorial Services for Alaska Air Flight 261 Victims