Went to Tesco in Norwich today and as I walked through the main entrance I noticed a young girl on the floor, with a very small young dog, and she was feeding it treats. There was also a middle aged couple nearby with them. I walked through and just happened to make a comment to the couple about how cute the dog looked. They told me that it was a 'Service Dog' and that they were training it to get used to people and that Tesco had let them use the store. They also told me that the young (13 year old) girl was their daughter.
Being the inquisitive, nosey git that I am I asked a few more questions. This revealed that the dog (Odee) was training to be a 'Post Traumatic Stress Disorder' dog for their daughter. Further polite questioning revealed that their 13 year old daughter was on the beach in Tunisia in June 2015 with her grandparents and had to run away from the lone gunman carrying out the Marauding Firearms Attack that killed 38 people.
Had a quick chat with the young lady and just asked a few questions about Odee and how he knows what to react to if she relapsed at all. She was a lovely young lady who told me that Odee really helped her when she needed it.
Just a pretty special moment, that's all. I did 28 years in military but can't even begin to imagine what that young girl went through on the beach that day.
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When the lights changed to red I grabbed the guys arm and said "you are okay with me fella, I will see you across the road" When we reached the other side the guy turned and looked at me and said "I am very pleased there are kind people out there willing to help blind people cross roads however I am not blind, I am training the dog"
Never really been mentioned how many kids were involved in that atrocity.
I'm guessing quite a few.