[Fredricka Whitfield, Cnn Anchor:] We want to turn now to the tragedy. Earlier this week in Santa Monica, California, the street market re-opened for business today, but first, a memorial service for the 10 victims who died when a 1992 Buick Lesabre crashed through the crowd on Wednesday. More than 50 other people were injured, some of them seriously. CNN has also learned that the 86-year old driver, Russell Weller, was involved in a minor fender bender just moments before he turned into the market. CNN's Miguel Marquez brings us more on the merchants and the customers trying to put this tragedy behind them.
[Unidentified Female:] Thanks for coming. Thank you for coming.
[Miguel Marquez, Cnn Correspondent:] They came, just like they come every Saturday, the farmers. The tent went up, the squash got bagged, and the baby bok choy got wrapped.
[Unidentified Female:] We begin with a Native American prayer to step into a day that surely comes with darkness and trepidation.
[Marquez:] A prayer started their day to ward off some of that darkness and trepidation after an 86-year old man, just days before, crashed his car over more than two blocks of the market, killing 10 people and injuring 54.
[Larry Davis, Farmer:] Even though you've seen everything happened, and you saw three people die right in front of you, it's like your mind doesn't hang onto all of that emotionally. I mean, I can still see it in my mind, but emotionally, it's just I don't know what your mind does with it.
[Marquez:] Larry Davis, his family and friends, drive their peaches and plums about 2.5 hours to market. He did it the day of the crash and he's doing it now.
[Davis:] I didn't question coming here. It felt weird, but I didn't question coming. I mean, I don't believe in letting things scare you off.
[Marquez:] Also shaken but not scared off, Avery Devananzio. Her mother has run the Wednesday market for 22 years. She was all but raised there. The crash, the victims, the tragedy, it's a family affair.
[Avery Devananzio, Market Regular:] After what we went through on Wednesday, when it seemed like this endless, you know, how are we ever going to fill this void, how are we ever going to kind of get back from this?
[Unidentified Female:] Baby Brendan Asfahami.
[Unidentified Male:] Lynn Ann Weaver.
[Unidentified Female:] Leroy Lattier Burnett.
[Marquez:] Getting back began with a memorial service as the name of each victim was read aloud. A community grieved and remembered why, after all, they are a community to start with. Miguel Marquez, CNN, Santa Monica, California.