People pay their respects to President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church

HOUSTON, Texas -- People in Houston and surrounding areas were able to visit St. Martin's Episcopal Church and pay their respects to President George H.W. Bush before he will be laid to rest in College Station.

Eyewitness News reporter Courtney Fischer spoke to many of those people who waited for hours to say their final farewells to the former president.

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