Traffic comes to a standstill as people as make their way to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., to pay respects to former President Ronald Reagan, June 8, 2004. By early morning, more than 17,000 people had come to the Reagan Library, waiting hours in line to pass by the former president's coffin.
Thousands of people line up before getting on a bus to be taken to pay their respects to former President Ronald Reagan, who was lying in repose at his presidential library, June 8, 2004, in Moorpark, Calif. The hours for viewing the remains of former President Reagan were extended because of public demand to pay respects.
Joann Garcia looks at hundreds of remembrances left where people lined up in the Moorpark College parking lot before getting on a bus to be taken to pay their respects to former President Ronald Reagan, June 8, 2004, in Moorpark, Calif. The gifts were not allowed on the shuttle buses and had to be left behind.
George, 4, left, and Christopher Chala, 2, pose for a picture for their parents in front of hundreds of remembrances left in the Moorpark College parking lot, June 8, 2004, in Moorpark, Calif.
Shuttle buses drop off people for the viewing of former President Reagan's casket at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library , June 8, 2004, in Simi Valley, Calif.
Members of the general public walk pass a statue of former President Reagan before viewing his casket at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, June 8, 2004, in Simi Valley, Calif.
Andrew Schwartz, left, age 11, Lisa Schwartz, center, and Natalie Schwartz, age 5, wait in line at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., June 8, 2004.
Francissa Chimil, of Woodland Hills, Calif., holds a photograph of former President Reagan as she waits in line to view his casket, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, June 8, 2004, in Simi Valley, Calif.
A unidentified man wipes his face after viewing former President Reagan's casket at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, June 8, 2004, in Simi Valley, Calif.
Viewers pay their respects to former President Ronald Reagan, June 8, 2004, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.
Actress Bo Derek visits the casket of Ronald Reagan at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., June 8, 2004.
Military personel stand near the tombsite for former President Ronald Reagan at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., June 8, 2004.
A view of the grave site for former President Reagan at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., June 8, 2004. The inscription reads: "I know in my heart that man is good/That what is right will always eventually triumph/And there is purpose and worth to each and every life."
The area surrounding the tombsite for former President Ronald Reagan is seen from above, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., June 8, 2004.