Veteran's Therapy Dog Also Groom's Best "Man"

Wounded Veteran's Therapy Dog Serves as Best Man at Wedding 
ABC News
By Will Ganss
Oct 5, 2015

This past weekend, Gabe had his paws full with an entirely new slew of responsibilities, serving as the best man in Lansford’s wedding to longtime girlfriend, Carol Balmes.

U.S. Army veteran Justin Lansford tied the knot with longtime girlfriend

Carol Balmes with his canine companion, Gabe, at his side.

It's been quite a journey for U.S. Army veteran Justin Lansford and his canine companion, Gabe. In 2012, Lansford lost his left leg in an IED explosion in Afghanistan.

"I was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division and we were in eastern Afghanistan in early 2012," he told Lara Spencer in 2014. "We struck an IED and it flipped my truck completely. I had bilaterally severed femurs which resulted in the amputation of my left leg."
read more here
ABC Breaking News | Latest News Videos