Bill Campbell,an Iraq war veteran with a 100 percent disability due to concussive brain injury, received a beautiful yellow Labrador called Pax.
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She notes that, while soldiers like Bill Campbell and others wage war, healers like Pax and those working with wounded veterans provide hope.
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The fact that Pax came into Bill Campbell's life made his life once again possible.
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The actress says she hopes "Pax" can change the public's image of mental illness,including PTSD.
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"And the hope that Pax has given to you Bill and now all of us becomes the bridge, the bridge to be able to connect."
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The climax of the film is that meeting between Sgt.Campbell and Pax's trainer, Laurie Kellogg, "He gave me back pieces of myself that I forgot even existed."
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Where is going to be a good place for Pax to be?'
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Pax was trained by Laurie Kellogg at Bedford Hills Women's Correctional Facility.
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And I realized that by giving me Pax and taking him from me, they had given me the greatest gift anybody had ever given me in my life.
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The 22-minute documentary,"Pax." is part of her efforts.
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Glenn Close says when she learned that Sgt.Bill Campbell - the first veteran to receive a Dog Tag dog - was returning to the prison to meet the inmate who trained Pax, she had to capture that moment.
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That he restored my soul." After the documentary's premiere in Washington, Bill Campbell's wife,Domenica, said that Pax helps her husband in multiple ways - including when Sgt.Campbell struggles with the hyper-vigilance that is one of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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