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‘Their Darkest Hours’: Families Share the Burden of PTSD-Diagnosed Veterans

Operation: Transition Outside the Wire says there's 'no greater love than saving a vet from suicide'

‘Their Darkest Hours’: Families Share the Burden of PTSD-Diagnosed Veterans
Tom West, co-founder of Operation: Transition Outside The Wire, hugs Juanita Hendrix, wife of a U.S. Army veteran diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, as co-founder Shannon Francis looks on in Williams, Ariz., on Jan. 15, 2023. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times
Allan Stein
Allan Stein
1/23/2023|Updated: 2/3/2023
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WILLIAMS, Ariz.—U.S. Army veteran Rick Northrop and Juanita Hendrix had been dating for only a few weeks when they decided to go on a day trip together in northern Arizona.

Like all new couples, they were still getting to know each other. A leisurely drive among the ponderosa pine forests seemed perfect for that.

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Allan Stein is a national reporter for The Epoch Times based in Arizona.
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