While thousands gather to enjoy fireworks to celebrate the birth of a nation, thousands of veterans who suffer with post traumatic stress disorder will stay indoors to avoid the fireworks.
KPIX 5 met with two veterans who see their peers at a shelter called Swords to Plowshares in the Presidio neighborhood. Paul McCloskey lives behind two locked doors. He says July 4th isn't all patriotism for many soldiers home from war. For many, it's about the pain of PTSD.
McCloskey's neighbor in shelter is Peter Hanson, a Vietnam war veteran who served our nation the brutal day when Saigon fell. He agrees fireworks can be fierce for veterans.
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