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‘He’s my hero’: Some mourners travel for hours to remember McCain

WATCH John McCain’s family arrives at late senator’s funeral in Arizona 0 Shares Email The doors to the Arizona State Capitol building where Sen. John McCain ’s casket is lying in state won’t be open to the public until 2:00 p.m. local time Wednesday, but that didn’t stop Frank Xavier Marcial and his wife from getting in line at 7:15 a.m. Interested in John McCain? Add John McCain as an interest to stay up to date on the latest John McCain news, video, and analysis from ABC News. John McCain Add Interest That’s the time they arrived in Phoenix after driving for more than seven hours from their home in California to come pay tribute to the longtime senator. “I wanted to give this incredible, great American my final respect and salute,” said Marcial, 66, an Army and National Guard veteran himself. “I wanted to give my spirit somehow to him for the suffering that he did in Hanoi and also for the equal suffering and belittling he endured in civilian life because he had no vices, as far as I’m concerned,” he said. Marcial was one of hundreds that lined up hours before the public viewing began. Meghan Keneally/ABC News Frank Xavier Marcial and his wife drove for more than seven hours from their home in California to pay tribute to Sen. John McCain in Phoenix, Arizona, Aug. 29, 2018. (MORE: ‘John McCain will always have our back’: Politicians pay tribute to the late senator in Arizona ceremony) Caleb Webb, 24, got into line a little later, at around 9:30, but after a similarly long night having just finished a night shift at his hotel job nearby. Webb said he is from Cochise County in the southeastern corner of the state and he relished the five times he got a chance to meet McCain when the senator came to his county. Meghan Keneally/ABC News Caleb Webb said that he met Sen. McCain five times over the years and said it felt “special” that he “always remembered my name.” “One thing that always stood out to me was he always knew my name,” said Webb, who was wearing a pin from McCain’s 2008 presidential