bers that Connors throws at me all the time. As stated earlier, the
most recent Department of Veterans Affairs study finds that 20
veterans a day take their own lives. Going by these numbers, that’s
a veteran nearly every hour of every day – nearly 7,500 veterans
a year. A staggering 500,000 veterans have sought treatment for
post-traumatic stress. Post-traumatic stress has killed more of our
warriors than the tragedies of Sept. 11, 2001 and the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan combined.
“It’s a holocaust in slow motion,” said Connors
two years ago at the WebMD Awards alongside
Jake Clark, the founder of Save A Warrior
and his mentor.
Connors is truly paying it forward. He
continues to put the needs of others and the
relief of so many veterans and first responders
before his own while giving them love
and spiritual initiation.
Connors also keeps records of Save A
Warrior events and cohorts. On May 19, 2015,
Connors was awarded the Distinguished Service
Medal, the State of New Jersey’s highest military honor by
then-Gov. Chris Christie.
Connors has often said, “If I could tell someone who is suffering
and in pain or isolating themselves from the world, I would
say, ‘Hang on. We are here, and it helps me to help you. There is
no need to travel alone for if you just look around, you will see
we are all on the same train.’”
In addition to Save A Warrior, Connors devotes
his time to the Rochelle Park American Legion
Post 170; the Alpine Tilden Tenakill Lodge
No. 77 of Free and Accepted Masons; the
Mosaic Lodge of Ridgefield Park; and
the D.A.V. Northern Valley Chapter in
Bergenfield. He is also an AMVET and
VFW member.
For more information on Save A Warrior,
visit www.saveawarrior.org or www.facebook.
com/SaveAWarrior. You can contact
James Connors at jimmy@saveawarrior.org
if you or someone you know needs help.
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