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Winter 2020
Texas Living
Our First Responders: Samuel Askins
Samuel Askins served in Iraq as an airborne infantryman and staff sergeant and spent 17 years as a paratrooper, stationed all across the U.S. Today, he’s back in Texas, helping other combat vets recover from post-traumatic stress disorder. As director of Texas outreach for PTSD Foundation of America, Askins runs interventions throughout Texas, responding to vets
Winter 2020
Texas Living
Our First Responders: Delaney Sweeney
Delaney Sweeney works with just one other veterinarian at Wilkinson Veterinary Clinic in Alice. When the pandemic arrived, all other veterinary clinics in the area shut to all but emergencies, leaving Sweeney and her fellow vet to see what felt like all the animals in the county. For two to three months, their daily pet intake
Winter 2020
Texas Living
Our First Responders: Kirk Burnett
Kirk Burnett arrives at the fire station at 6 a.m. As a driver engineer, he has to check his fire engine’s equipment; wash the apparatus to make sure it’s clean enough to be proud of — a symbol of trust and safety for the public; clean the station. He eats breakfast with his fellow firefighters,
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Pronghorn graze in wintry West Texas. Photo by Shelby Cox
