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Hundreds mourn baby Baxtor in Christchurch
Baby Baxtor Gowland was born in the wake of the first earthquake that shook Christchurch.
The five-month-old New Zealander was tragically killed in another, more destructive quake that ripped through the city last week.
Dressed in black, with light blue ribbons pinned to their shirts, hundreds of mourners turned out at a funeral home west of the badly damaged CBD on Monday to farewell the tiny victim - the first earthquake-related funeral to be held.
Baxtor is one of just eight people police have been able to identify following last Tuesday's 6.3-magnitude quake.
"Bax you are forever in our hearts we will always love you xo," his father Shaun McKenna wrote on a Facebook tribute page dedicated to his son.
"To the little man who made everyone smile who met him, may you look down upon us and help us remember your beautiful face."
Remains of 148 others lie in a makeshift morgue, awaiting identification - horrific injuries are hindering the process.
There are still 50 people missing and police expect the death toll to rise beyond 200 as international rescue crews continue to sift through the carnage in the CBD.
Baxtor was born in September, just 13 days after the 7.1-magnitude quake in Christchurch.
Following the half-hour funeral, one man carried the small white casket, covered in a light blue blanket embroidered with a red truck, topped with a wreath of white roses.
He placed it in the back of a dark grey car, as Baxtor's mother Breanna Gowland - holding a blue teddy bear - hopped in the vehicle while grieving attendees hugged one another.
The five-month-old New Zealander was tragically killed in another, more destructive quake that ripped through the city last week.
Dressed in black, with light blue ribbons pinned to their shirts, hundreds of mourners turned out at a funeral home west of the badly damaged CBD on Monday to farewell the tiny victim - the first earthquake-related funeral to be held.
Baxtor is one of just eight people police have been able to identify following last Tuesday's 6.3-magnitude quake.
"Bax you are forever in our hearts we will always love you xo," his father Shaun McKenna wrote on a Facebook tribute page dedicated to his son.
"To the little man who made everyone smile who met him, may you look down upon us and help us remember your beautiful face."
Remains of 148 others lie in a makeshift morgue, awaiting identification - horrific injuries are hindering the process.
There are still 50 people missing and police expect the death toll to rise beyond 200 as international rescue crews continue to sift through the carnage in the CBD.
Baxtor was born in September, just 13 days after the 7.1-magnitude quake in Christchurch.
Following the half-hour funeral, one man carried the small white casket, covered in a light blue blanket embroidered with a red truck, topped with a wreath of white roses.
He placed it in the back of a dark grey car, as Baxtor's mother Breanna Gowland - holding a blue teddy bear - hopped in the vehicle while grieving attendees hugged one another.
