Sunday, June 10, 2012

Bikers "Ride Around the Clock" for PTSD awareness

The motorcyclists are riding to raise awareness of PTSD
(WTOP/Max Smith)
Meghin Moore, special to wtop.com
Saturday - 6/9/2012

ARLINGTON, Va. - About a dozen motorcycle riders roared out of the parking lot by the Air Force Memorial Saturday morning to start a 24-hour ride to raise awareness for the war wounds never seen, namely post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain Injury.

Pentagon statistics released Friday show suicides of active duty troops are at the highest rate in the last decade of war, and the groups involved in the "Ride Around the Clock" want to reach out to veterans and their families to give them extra support.
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