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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Over 60 veterans representing 16 towns crossed the Central Valley are spending 3 days connected the 33rd Central Valley Honor Flight.
Among the 67 veterans are 2 women, including Navy Veteran Donna Ryan of Fresno.
"That's the archetypal clip I've been connected an airplane wherever everybody was calved precisely the aforesaid spot for the aforesaid reason. It's benignant of exciting," Ryan said.
Once veterans get successful Washington, they halt for meal astatine American Legion Post 276, which is down the thoroughfare from wherever Coast Guard Veteran Michael Hurley grew up.
"It's going to beryllium a wholly caller acquisition for me, adjacent astatine my property and having grown up there," Hurley said.
Hurley says passing by the location helium grew up successful makes this travel adjacent much special.
"It'll beryllium benignant of an other small invited for maine since I'm coming home," Hurley said.
Paul Loeffler, Co-founder and President of the Central Valley Honor Flight, says this travel was the astir analyzable to program owed to the authorities shutdown.
However, plans for visiting memorials commemorating their work stay successful place.
Veterans volition beryllium returning connected Wednesday astatine 6 p.m. for a hero's invited location procession astatine the Fresno Yosemite International Airport. The nationalist is encouraged to attend.
