. >>> this is an abc nspec >>> this is an abc news special report. "remembering nelson mandela."hanopoulos. >> what a life we come to celebrate this morning. we are joining you because the eyes of the world are on south africa this morning. leaders of hundreds of countries, tens of thousands of south africans there to pay tribute and celebrate of life of their former president, father of their country, freedom fighter and apostle of reconciliati reconciliation. the man who for so many was the most inspirational figure of our time, nelson mandela. the stadium in johannesburg this morning. it is a cold morning, chilly morning, a lot of rain going on. it has held down the crowd but not their spirits this morning. you see them singing, they've been singing there for hours. the memorial service about to begin. a little over three years ago in that very stadium, mr. mandela would make what was one of his last appearances there at the world cup. smiling, cheering. that day would end in tragedy. he lost his granddaughter in a traffic accident on that week and he was not seen again in pub