Helping Heroes

" Some of our troops to make it out of Iraq and Afghanistan alive come home -- dramatic injuries. And service dogs can make that crucial difference in veterans everyday lives. But the US government doesn't pay for the dogs so the wounded troops were stuck footing the bill themselves when they couldn't go to one of those charitable organization. At least until another veteran decided American heroes deserve better. Phil Keating is Willis in New York for rare occasion tonight Phil what I guess this is I hope your own kind of story. Definitely from one veteran from a long ago war to the veterans of the modern wars going on right now. You have people that have been blinded and Iraq and Afghanistan they've got posttraumatic stress disorder that may have lost their legs and they survived war only to come back home. And now have to re learn how to live their lives for one thing. Proven to help these guys emotionally and physically. Has for so many of them then financially out of reach."

" Thanks to the best in theater emergency medical care the US military has ever had yeah. And more wounded veterans and Afghanistan and Iraq have survived won't that it wars past would have killed them. But as Joseph Worley learn quite painfully surviving war can change your life for the life he once -- A roadside bomb blew off his left leg in Fallujah Iraq and made his right leg unworkable. So now his service dog Benjamin helps them stand up and even brings an issue. For a lot of guys these dogs could be basically their only support system I mean I think for some guys vital. That's pictures taken by England. World War II veteran -- still -- says he could not believe congress had no budget for service dogs which provide invaluable physical and emotional support. For the past three years he has rate -- two million dollars providing these incredibly well trained dogs to the soldiers he calls wounded heroes."

" And now we're talking about young people coming back that are brain damage to young people coming back and arms as slaves. And how are they gonna get around and who's gonna help them and who's gonna guide them and has to be a dog."

" That's so -- the World War II veteran has finally won the support of congressman Ron Klein in Florida and democratic senator Al Franken from Minnesota each of which has a bill in congress right now do. Hopefully soon according to these veterans start funding these dogs kept in the website again is that's for heroes dot org -- dot com. Both work and Italy from our website at foxnews.com Phil Keating for -- Florida bureau received."