Today we in the United States commemorate those among our military who have given their lives in service for our country. I would like to take a moment to acknowledge the contribution of an extraordinary group of people who serve those servers.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded the prize for Best Short Form Documentary earlier this year to a film called, "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1." In the opening of the film, the statistic is shared that every 80 minutes in the United States, one of our military veterans will take his or her own life. The film chronicles the work of the men and women at the nation's only veterans' crisis call center in Canandaigua, New York. They answer the phone for our veterans reaching out from severe mental strain. I left the experience of watching the film in complete awe of them and what they do.
Even heroes and she-roes need heroes and she-roes. These women and men are just that.
Read more about "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1" on HBO.com
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