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Back Stories: Paying Final Respects To President Reagan

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- WCBS reporter Rich Lamb was in Washington, D.C. as President Ronald Reagan was laid to rest.

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He recalls the solemn ceremony and near-silent procession down Constitution Avenue.

"It was just an extraordinary scene, because people had come from all over the United States to say goodbye," he says.

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