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CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The 9/11 Never Forget Mobile Exhibit opened its doors Tuesday successful Clovis for veterans, active-duty military, archetypal responders and region staff.
It's parked close beside the existent California 9/11 memorial successful Clovis to assistance archer the communicative of that fateful day.
"On the mode implicit there, I watched the 2nd operation travel down," retired firefighter and grounds ambassador Robert Dwyer said.
He was 1 of the thousands of firefighters who responded to the World Trade Center aft the attack.
"I conscionable couldn't judge what I saw. It was conscionable implicit devastation. Fires similar I've ne'er seen, smoke, conscionable devastation. It was conscionable arsenic we locomotion connected a beauteous sunny day, arsenic we got disconnected the ferry, each measurement you took, it got darker and darker," helium added.
Now, he's sharing his communicative portion helping thatch others astir what happened.
"It's precise cathartic, actually. This is this is therapy for me," Dwyer said.
Pictures of the 343 firefighters who died during the attacks enactment the grounds walls. There are adjacent remnants from the towers, with the words "never forget" etched onto them, sitting successful beforehand of a representation of Ground Zero.
A timeline with pictures guides visitors done the grounds and outlines what happened, down to the minute.
Looking astatine those pictures and being surrounded by reminders of what was sacrificed, brought Kelly Mayfield to tears.
"I'm conscionable I'm a mislaid for words that that portion of past from New York present successful Fresno is precise amazing," helium said.
And Dwyer said this is what they expect.
"Once they work each the stories, there's truthful overmuch accusation here, you know, they benignant of consciousness it for themselves, you know, hence the tears that truthful galore radical shed here," helium said.
The memorial is present for conscionable 1 much time connected Wednesday. You tin travel by from noon to 2 p.m. and past 3 p.m. until 7 p.m.
