Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Remembering 9/11 and therapy dogs


Last year on 9/11 we praised the work of the rescue dogs who worked tirelessly among firefighters and police to help find the missing and the deceased.

This year, we’d like to remember the work of therapy dogs both during that time and in the months and years after 9/11.

Therapy dog at Walter Reed

The New York Daily News reported that “381 therapy dogs and their handlers…worked seemingly endless days at Pier 94 and consoled brigades of police officers, firefighters and workers at Ground Zero.

Their tireless work after 9/11 helped raise the bar on their therapeutic roles, opening a whole new realm of opportunities to comfort people affected by disaster.”

To all the therapy dogs and their handlers who made such heartbreaking work more tolerable...thank you.

'Toon Tuesdays will return next week.


15 comments:

  1. A beautiful post and remembrance.
    (((purrs)))

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  2. what a wonderful tribute....and great heros for helping those that needed it most.

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  3. *bowing head in memory of those lost eleven years ago this day*

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  4. Nice one , we salute them too.
    Best wishes Molly

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  5. Great post friends, So many anipals and oomans alike worked behind the scene trying to do whatever they could to save lives. Those dogs are amazing.

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  6. We all raise our paws to the therapy dogs (and other therapy animals) and their handlers! Well done!

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  7. thanks for sharing.. I never realized about the theraphy dogs...

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  8. PAWSOME, APAWS, APAWS for therapy dogs everywhere

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  9. Great post. Them therapy dogs done a brilliant job.

    Sheba.

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  10. I am in awe of those animals and their handlers! Brilliant!

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  11. Excellent post. Those therapy dogs are something!

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  12. Thank you for this post. I didn't know so many therapy dogs were working for so long after 9/11. I'm sure their unconditional love was a comfort to the rescue workers.

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  13. Pawsome post! What a wonderful thing. xoxo

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