Grief of the wife who's lost her hero: Family of Alan Henning join hundreds of 会葬者s for service of reflection?

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The grieving family of 殺人d 人質 Alan Henning joined hundreds of 会葬者s, 含むing leaders of the イスラム教徒 community, at a service of reflection last night.

The taxi driver’s wife Barbara, and two children Lucy, 17, and Adam, 15, were embraced in emotional scenes at St Mary’s Church in Eccles, Manchester.?

The Rev Cyprian Yobera asked the congregation to have understanding even when ‘our world seems to be infested by those who do not value life’.

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Numb: Barbara Henning and her family hear 尊敬の印s to Alan Henning at a service at St Mary's Church, Eccles

He 追加するd: ‘It is difficult at a time like this when we have to を取り引きする 悲劇 that we cannot understand. Everybody feels like th ey knew him, even those of us who never met him.’

The streets of Eccles were transformed into a sea of yellow. 略章s adorned with the words ‘Alan, our hero’ were 直す／買収する，八百長をするd to every lamppost, （法廷の）裁判 and tree.?

A cross in the town centre became a 神社 for the laying of flowers in 尊敬の印 to the kidnapped 援助（する） 労働者.

Mrs Henning, 45, said that news of the 殺人，大当り had left the family ‘numb with grief’.

She 賞賛するd her 47-year-old husband as a ‘decent, caring human 存在’ whose ‘利益／興味 was in the 福利事業 of others’.

The Bishop of Manchester, the Rt Rev Dr David Walker, 述べるd Mr Henning as a 殉教者 who had paid ‘the ultimate sacrifice’ for his good 行為s.

部隊d:?A cross in the town centre became an impromptu 神社 for the laying of flowers in 尊敬の印

Transformed: 居住（者）s decorated the town with yellow 略章s (left) and laid flowers in memory (権利)

Much-loved: The father-of-two, pictured, was a 井戸／弁護士席-known 人物／姿／数字 in the town 予定 to his tireless charity work

He joined the 集まり outpouring of grief for the father-of-two who was beheaded by IS 交戦的なs on Friday.

Bishop Walker said: ‘The Christian 約束 is centred around a man who did good, enormous good, and who 現実に paid with his life for it.

‘Alan stands in that 罰金 tradition. Since the time of Jesus Christ, we have a word ‘殉教／苦難’ in the Christian 約束 for it, those who do good and 結局最後にはーなる 支払う／賃金ing the ultimate sacrifice for it.’?

Mr Henning, 47, who was kidnapped by the Islamic 明言する／公表する on an 援助（する） trip to Syria last December, was a 井戸／弁護士席-known 人物／姿／数字 in the town 予定 to his tireless charity work and 非常に長い career 運動ing taxis.?

Reflection: A 調書をとる／予約する of 弔慰 in memory of Alan Henning is 陳列する，発揮するd in Eccles Parish Church on Sunday

One message 大（公）使館員d to Eccles Cross in the town centre read: ‘Whilst we come to 条件 with this living nightmare, your 苦しむing is over. You leave an irreplaceable gap in all our lives.'

‘A special man with a heart of gold,’ read another.??

Friends of the father of two ? known affectionately as Gadget 予定 to his love of 科学（工学）技術 - stood on the Greater Manchester town’s 静かな streets yesterday 株ing stories about him.?

Anthony Flannery 非難するd the ‘appalling’ 殺人，大当り and 表明するd his 失望 that the 政府 had not done more to 解放する／自由な the 人質.

Outpouring: One of the 尊敬の印s placed at the base of the Eccles Cross reads 'We never knew you Alan but you have touched everyone with your selflessness'. Dozens of bouquets were laid と一緒に it

The retired 64-year-old said: ‘It’s harder to take because he was really doing some good.

‘We really had a little light of hope that he might be coming 支援する, 特に when we heard Cameron making a speech about how we don’t give in to テロリストs.

Mr Flannery 追加するd: ‘It’s hard to 述べる how I feel. It’s like losing a part of yourself.’

He recounted talking to Mr Henning about a previous 援助（する） 使節団 to Syria in which he had been 発射 at but 主張するd on his 願望（する） to go 支援する.

Public 尊敬の印: Yellow 略章s with the words 'Alan our hero' were tied around Eccles town centre on Sunday

‘He knew the dangers and he went 今後 because he was all about helping people. He had a good heart.'

Barbara Keeley, MP for Worsley and Eccles South, said that people were still ‘stunned’ by the death and struggled to 受託する the 活動／戦闘s of his 殺し屋s.

She said: ‘They can’t square the fact that he was such a decent person on an 援助（する） 使節団 with the savage and 野蛮な way in which he was killed. How could they do that?’??

イスラム教徒 groups have 答える／応じるd 全員一致で to 公然と非難する the 殺人，大当りs, 述べるing Mr Henning as a ‘British hero’.

Memories: One of the floral 尊敬の印s 含む／封じ込めるd a 公式文書，認める that said 'thoughts are with your family'

Manchester Central イスラム教寺院 Iman Asim Hussain yesterday criticised IS, calling them ‘misguided individuals’.

A visibly emo tional Shameela Islam-Fulfigar, a doctor at Tameside Hospital who was part of the last 軍用車隊 on which Mr Henning travelled, said: ‘The world lost an honourable and remarkable hero.’

Yesterday she 始める，決める up an online 記念の 基金, in 協議 with Mrs Henning, 目的（とする）ing to raise £20,000.

Dr Islam-Fulfigar said she 手配中の，お尋ね者 to show the taxi driver’s children that ‘their father’s death was not in vain and that the work that Alan was so committed to will also continue’.?