YEARS. I PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE MOST COMING ON THERE. TO BE HERSH'S MOVEMENT. >> I'LL TAKE IT AND SAY THANK YOU. I JUST WISH IT HADN'T BEEN FOR LONGER. >> TONIGHT, THE WORLD IS REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN. THE 23 YEAR-OLD WITH TIES TO VIRGINIA WHO WAS MURDERED OVER THE WEEKEND BY HAMAS AFTER BEING TAKEN HOSTAGE ON OCTOBER, 7TH. YOU'RE WATCHING 8NEWS AT 6. I'M ERIC PHILIPS. >> I'M DEANNA ALLBRITTIN. YOU JUST HEARD GOLDBERG-POLIN SMOTHER PAYING TRIBUTE TO HER SON DURING A FUNERAL SERVICE IN JERUSALEM. CAPITOL BUREAU REPORTER TYLER ENGLANDER JOINS US LIVE FROM CANNES US AT BETH ISRAEL IN RICHMOND, THE SYNAGOGUE WHERE A VIGIL WILL ALSO BE HELD TONIGHT IN GOBER POLAND'S HONOR. TYLER. >> WELL, ERIC, DEANNA, GOOD EVENING. YOU COULD REALLY FEEL THE PAIN IN THE VOICES OF HEARST GOLDBERG. POLAND'S PARENTS AT A FUNERAL SERVICE IN JERUSALEM TODAY. HIS MOTHER, RACHEL, SAYING THAT FOR NEARLY 330 DAYS, SHE WAS CERTAIN THAT HER SON WOULD RETURN HOME ALIVE. NOW SHE SAYS SHE'S LEARNING HOW TO TURN HER HOPE INTO GRIEF. >> I WILL LOVE AND I WILL EVERY SINGLE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. YOU'RE RIGHT. KNOW YOU'RE HERE. JUST HAVE TO TEACH MYSELF TO FEEL WHEN A DIFFERENT WAY. >> IT'S A PERFECT SON FOR ME. THAT'S HOW RACHEL GOLDBERG DESCRIBED HER SON HERSH AT HIS FUNERAL TODAY IN JERUSALEM. >> ONE THING I KEEP THINKING ABOUT IS HOW OUT OF ALL OF THE MOTHERS IN WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD. GOD CHOSE TO GIVE HURTS TO OVER THE WEEKEND HER SHOE SPENT HIS EARLY CHILDHOOD YEARS IN RICHMOND WAS KILLED ALONG WITH 5 OTHER HOSTAGES BY HAMAS AFTER BEING HELD CAPTIVE FOR NEARLY 11 MONTHS. >> HERSH'S PARENTS DESCRIBING HIM AS SOMEONE WHO DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO MAKE THE WORLD AROUND HIM A BETTER PLACE. >> FOR 23 YEARS, I WAS PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE ON THERE. TO BE HERSH'S. I'LL TAKE IT AND SAY THANK YOU. I JUST WISH IT HAD FOR LONGER PURCHASE. PARENTS ADDING THAT FOR NEARLY A YEAR AT AG, AN ICED OVER HIS SAFETY BUT ALWAYS BELIEVED HE WOULD COME HOME ALIVE. >> NOW WITH THAT HOPE DASHED, THEY SAY THEY'LL TURN THEIR ATTENTION HONORING THE SUN AND THEY LOVED SO MUCH. >> THE 20 THE HERO'S LIFE. THAT WE HAD WITH YOU. BLESSED SECOND. WE TO MAKE YOUR LEGACY. A SIMILAR LESSON. >> AND NOW TONIGHT AT 8 KNESSET, BETH ISRAEL RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME