Photos: Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead Dedication
Dedication of the Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead-named in memory of the Jan. 8, shootings from a year ago.
Photo: Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead Dedication
Shay Saucedo touches the tilework depiting Gabe Zimmerman before the dedication ceremony.
Photo: Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead Dedication
Artist Steve Farley, who produced the tilework depiting Gabe Zimmerman in the background, gets a hug from Gabe's mother Emily Nottingham during the dedication ceremony.
Photo: Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead Dedication
Gloria Giffords mother of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, cries during the dedication ceremony of the Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead.
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Ross Zimmerman, looks over the trailhead that bears his son's name before the dedication ceremony of the Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead.
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John Matthew, great uncle of Gabe Zimmerman, looks over tiles with Gabe's handwriting in the "contemplation area" of the Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead.
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Dave Hicks, executive director of the Arizona Trail Association, speaks during the dedication ceremony.
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Gloria Giffords, right, mother of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, hugs shooting victim Patricia Maisch, left, prior to the dedication ceremony of the Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead.
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Dave Hicks, executive director of the Arizona Trail Association, speaks during the dedication ceremony of the Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012.
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Visitors walk along the Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trail, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012.
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Emily Nottingham, mother of Gabe Zimmerman, gets a hug from Barbara LaWall, following the dedication ceremony of the Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead.
Gabe Zimmerman turned out - if only in spirit, in memory and in deeply touching photographs - for the dedication of a trailhead named in his honor Wednesday. Those at the ceremony longed for the real, living Gabe.