George Campbell couldn’t bring himself to drive past the site where he searched for his fallen brothers. Now, he spends his days there telling stories he says the world can’t forget

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Retired FDNY firefighter George Campbell was on the scene the day the Twin Towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001

While he avoided the site for years after the attack, he now volunteers there as a docent for the 9/11 Memorial & Museum

“It was important for me that we keep the story alive,” Campbell says

For 23 years, George Campbell actively avoided the area near the World Trade Center where the twin towers once stood. “I would literally go out of my way to drive…

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