200 people send off butterflies at Riverbend Park to remember their lost loved ones

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Butterflies opened and flapped their wings for the first time Sunday, offering special meaning to those on hand. It was a beautiful sunny day to send off the little creatures. The butterfly release at Riverbend Park was put on by Bristol Hospice in Bend. Some 200 people got to honor and remember the loved ones they have lost, as they sent the butterflies off into the world.