today at his mother's home in woburn, a stream of mourners filed in all day. doherty's sister, kate quigley, offered a statement about her brother. >> glenn lived his life to the fullest. he was my brother, but if you ask his friends, he was there brother, as well. >> reporter: before being a private security officer, he served as a sniper, and played a role in the raid that rescued army private jessica lynch in 2003. after leaving the military, dorothy -- he appeared in a program aired on nbc about tracking accused terrorists. tonight, his family and friends say glenn doherty will be remembered as a hero. nbc news, woburn, massachusetts. >>> now about this movie -- anti-islamic film that we've seen after being shown on the internet, it is now being taken down in egypt and some other places. and nbc news has decided not to show any of it on the air. the actors in the film say it was all shot in a studio in southern california, and they say they had no idea what they were getting into. our report from our los angeles bureau tonight, nbc's mike taibbi. >> report