Yahoo! News - Mourners Brave Cold Night, Long Wait to See Pope

I don't see the reason why people are doing this. There are many who are flying from US to spend hours in travel, then hours in the line to get in St. Peter's and then 5 seconds with the Pope's remains. Sure, I'll go and pay respects to my relatives in same situation but, I can't imagine doing this for anyone else. Maybe, I am missing something huge, please enlighten me.