Nightly News   |  September 13, 2012

Saying goodbye to Neil Armstrong

The first man to walk on the moon was mourned Thursday at a memorial service in the Washington National Cathedral. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> that is diane crawl, who was at the national service for neil armstrong . a test pilot, decorated combat veteran, astronaut, and first man on the moon, people found him almost reclusive in private life . but he had towering modesty, wanting the team to get all the credit as former colleagues remembered tonight.

>> no one, but no one could have accepted the responsibility of his remarkable accomplishment with more dignity, and more grace than neil armstrong . he embodied all that is good, and all that is great about america.

>> per his wishes, neil armstrong , a former carrier pilot will be buried at sea off the desk of a u.s. aircraft carrier .