ZIONSVILLE — Thursday is National Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day.
Indiana Canine Assistant Network (ICAN), a local service dog organization, wants to educate the community about how animals can improve the lives of those living with PTSD.
The nonprofit helps to provide safety, friendship, and independence for children, veterans, and adults with disabilities and veterans with service-related traumas specific to PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and military sexual trauma.
ICAN Suicide is a big concern for vets living with PTSD.
About 22 veterans take their lives every day, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
“I’ve been there and I can understand why people do it. But also I see that there is a reason, we always have to find a reason everyday to get up.”
Huntington resident Billy Floyd
Floyd’s reason is his family and his pup Bella.
ICAN He served for 12 years before an injury put the brakes on his military career.
He now suffers from mobility issues, seizures and post-traumatic stress disorder.