“From, Loyal Companion Helps a Veteran Regain Her Life After
War Trauma,” by James Dao, 4/28/12, The New
York Times:
The hovering aircraft was just a plain-vanilla traffic
chopper, a benignly common species
to Southern California skies. But its mere
presence overhead was enough to make Tori Stitt stiffen.
More than a year ago, Ms. Stitt, a former Navy officer who
did a tour in northern Iraq, might have made a beeline for her car, ducked
under a table or broken down in panic merely from the chopping of rotors — a
sound she still associates with combat casualties. But this time, she remained
outwardly calm, breathing deep, while silently and strenuously massaging the ears of the service dog at her feet.
Benign: of a kind and
gentle disposition; favorable; harmless
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