(AP) - During Operation Desert Storm, Sgt. 1st Class Michael Connell practiced his bagpipes outside every day. He practiced at a Kuwaiti military base, while wearing his kilt, sporran, dress shoes ...

During Operation Desert Storm, Sgt. 1st Class Michael Connell practiced his bagpipes outside every day. He practiced at a Kuwaiti military base, while wearing his kilt, sporran, dress shoes and ...

His sets can span for more than an hour, jumping between traditional bagpipe melodies, military tunes, and medleys of jigs and reels. When he lets notes drag out, they bounce off the brick ...

But bagpipe music played sweetly at funerals—particularly those of firefighters, military men and women, police officers—can comfort humans at their most heartbroken and vulnerable.