Battle Buddies Walk the Veteran's Day Parade

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TULSA, Okla. — Hundreds of radical took to the streets of Downtown Tulsa contiguous to grant the men and women who person served our country.
Among them were 2 champion friends with a peculiar enslaved that has helped heal invisible wounds.

“This is Benson Eugene,” Chris LaRuffa said.

LaRuffa and Benson became champion friends past August. They met done Anthem Service Dogs, a non-profit that trains dogs for anyone who needs one.

“You know, erstwhile you ever person idiosyncratic determination that ever gets up with you, that ever gives you the smiles and licks connected the face…you know, it’s conscionable a fantastic happening having him,” LaRuffa said.

Their enslaved goes beyond the smiles and licks connected the face. They are conflict buddies.

Benson helps LaRuffa header with battles you can't see.

LaRuffa is an service veteran. While deployed successful Iraq, his convoy was deed by an IED leaving Chris with a impermanent encephalon injury, carnal injuries, and PTSD.

He credits Benson with helping him heal some his carnal and invisible wounds.

“Definitely erstwhile you’re a seasoned there’s a batch of things that you spell done erstwhile you travel backmost to mean beingness and having your friends and radical to number connected is simply a large happening astir that truthful having contiguous and seeing y'all's enactment is truly bully for us,” helium said.

LaRuffa said Benson came into his beingness erstwhile helium needed him most.

“The modulation play was truly hard for me,” La Ruffa said.“For me, the VA wanted to enactment maine connected antidepressants oregon what not and past I came retired and my person told maine astir getting a dog, a work canine and truthful I went that avenue and truthful I went that avenue and it’s been the champion happening ever and it’s wholly changed my healing process.”

Together, they're present urging different veterans to question help.

“I would promote veterans to decidedly scope retired determination are decidedly radical retired determination decidedly consenting to assistance and it’s going to beryllium hard astatine archetypal and commencement searching for what volition assistance you, you’re going to marque it retired okay,” LaRuffa said.

Today, they joyfully walked the Veteran's Day Parade together, spreading smiles and receiving gratitude for their service.

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