Hundreds of mourners filled the Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater in Bridgeport Thursday morning to attend a memorial service for three of the nine people killed in a single-vehicle crash in Florida two weeks ago - though speakers at the service paid tribute to all the victims.

Pamela Wiggins, 56, 30-year-old Leiana Alyse Hall and 5-year-old Kamdien Edwards were remembered as "good and loving spirits who left this earth too soon."

The victims - all members of the same family - were on their way to the airport after celebrating a relative's 80th birthday when the crash happened.

The overloaded the SUV the family was traveling in careened off the road and flipped over, before coming to rest in a canal, police said.

A 10th family member survived the accident.

"It is so important to support this beautiful family as they endure unimaginable grief and suffering," said state Sen. Herron Gaston, who is also a pastor to several of the victims and their loved ones.

"This is a moment to band together, in unity and love, to let this amazing family know they are not alone -- and that they'll not be alone once all the attention surrounding this tragedy dissipates. We will be there for all of them, indefinitely," Gaston said.

"That's what families do - and we're a family," he said.